Medically reviewed by Andrea L. Braden, MD Key Takeaways The female reproductive system includes organs that produce hormones ...

There is plenty of scientific evidence that the health of a mother can impact the health of her child. Now a new study flips that relationship around: Researchers have discovered the health of the ...

Wicker basket full of white and brown eggs - Biserka Stojanovic/Getty Images It is nearly impossible to tell if an egg sitting on the counter is fertilized or not by eyeballing it. Some chicken ...

In the beginning, no one really understood how babies were made. Thinkers puzzled for millennia about how life arose from one generation to the next. But not until the 17th century did scientists ...

Women have been told for years that if they don’t have children before their mid-30s, they may not be able to. But a new study from Princeton University’s Coleen Murphy has identified a drug that ...

Endometriosis is commonly thought to happen when the inner lining of the uterus grows on other organs. According to the Merck Manual, endometriosis lesions can show up on organs including the ovaries, ...

Score a victory for reproductive justice in the Illinois Appellate Court on Friday! Ruling that an unimplanted, fertilized egg is not a "human being" for purposes of a wrongful death action, the ...