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With the aim of restoring female hormone cycles for pediatric cancer survivors, a team of University of Michigan researchers ...

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Low vitamin D levels may affect ovarian reserve, egg quality, and IVF outcomes. Here’s how deficiency can influence fertility ...

Discover how ovarian tissue cryopreservation (OTC) could transform the experience of menopause for women, offering a potential way to delay this natural biological phase and extend fertility.

A woman's ovaries are like a factory where eggs grow and produce hormones that regulate everything from menstruation and pregnancy to bone density and mood. As she and her factory age, production ...

The transplantation of ovarian tissue is often performed to extend fertility among women and adolescents with cancer. But some reproductive specialists believe the procedure may have another role to ...

Discover how emerging epigenetic clock models are reshaping our understanding of ovarian aging and revealing both the promise and current limits of predicting fertility outcomes through biological age ...

Removing both of a woman's ovaries before natural menopause may reduce the integrity of white matter in their brains, scientists have found. For most women this operation, known as surgical menopause, ...