Though the ovary is often reduced to its role in reproduction, research shows it plays a surprisingly central role in a woman’s health throughout her body and lifetime. It is becoming more important ...

Recent research highlights that for fertility and aging, the egg may be the leading lady, but she needs her supporting cast.

Streak ovaries are when the ovaries do not develop correctly before birth. This causes the individual to have nonfunctioning ovaries and experience various symptoms. Ovaries are the small oval-shaped ...

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 ...

Explore why Indian women experience earlier ovarian aging compared to Caucasian women, highlighting multifactorial biological and environmental influences.

Ovarian cystic neoplasms are ovarian tumors that have cyst-like qualities. They can include epithelial ovarian tumors and germ cell tumors called teratomas. Ovarian cystic neoplasms can be benign, ...

A new research paper was published in Volume 12 of Oncoscience on October 14, 2025, titled “Bridging clinical insight and ...