Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a clinically significant cause of infertility that affects between 1 to 3% of women of childbearing age.

The demand for medical patches that deliver steady doses of estrogen is soaring as women of a certain age seek relief from symptoms of menopause and perimenopause. Sales of estradiol patches have ...

Menopause clinics across the U.S. are hearing from women who are having trouble filling prescriptions for estrogen patches, a common hormone replacement therapy. “There’s just more demand for these ...

Recent research highlights that for fertility and aging, the egg may be the leading lady, but she needs her supporting cast. By Kristen V. Brown The egg has become a dominant source of anxiety for ...

Menopause brings a lot of change, and it’s normal to feel uncertain about what’s happening in your body. Two of the most important hormone players in this transition are estrogen and progesterone.

Christiane Amanpour's cancer journey has been a winding one, but she's pulling through. The 67-year-old British Iranian journalist and CNN chief international anchor revealed that she's battling ...

The ticking of the biological clock is especially loud in the ovaries — the organs that store and release a woman’s eggs. From age 25 to 40, a woman’s chance of conceiving each month decreases ...

In this ovarian health focus, Adjunct Assistant Professor Zhongwei Huang, Dr. Paula Benny and Ms. Hui Wen Tam explore how ovarian phenotypes affect ovarian function and lifespan, leading to ...

Every October, it seems like there’s a pink ribbon—the universal symbol for breast cancer—everywhere you go. However, most people may not even recognize an ovarian cancer awareness ribbon unless ...

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A new study published in the journal Reproductive Toxicology by researchers at the University of Ottawa found that cannabinoids such as THC and CBD do not impact estrogen production in human granulosa ...

Around one in 10 women will develop ovarian cysts at some point during their lives, and while the prospect of a cyst growing on your ovaries could set off alarm bells, they aren’t something you need ...