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 ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – September is recognized as Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. The disease affects the female ovaries, which are the reproductive organs that produce eggs. The cancer occurs when ...

Fewer than 1 in 4 cases are caught early, when survival tops 90 percent.

The arc of a biological female’s life is often defined by milestones involving her uterus. A first period. A first pregnancy. A first birth. All of which lead up to the concluding event: menopause, ...

In recent years, issues concerning female reproductive health have become a global challenge that cannot be ignored.

For years, scientists have sought to create a human artificial ovary, restoring fertility in patients without other options. The first cellular map of a human ovary, recently developed at the ...

This series was created for Google, the Buck Institute, Optispan and Phenome Health by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. Women live far longer ...

Are female mammals born with all the eggs they'll ever have, or can they produce new eggs into adulthood? The question has been vociferously debated, but now, a study published online in Nature Cell ...