Ovaries

Cancer treatments like chemo and radiation therapy, while lifesavers, can have significant side effects. One possible side effect that can be devastating for patients is …...

Egg donation programs offer hope to women who want to have babies, but whose ovaries don't produce enough healthy eggs to make conception possible, or whose biological offspring would risk being born with an inherited disease. Donor Eligibility Since...

"This is crazy..." This is what I'm thinking as I get a crash course on how babies are created in a petri dish. I'm sitting with my wife, Jill, in a consultation room at IVF Florida, a Margate, Fla., clinic that specializes in reproductive medicine,...

Recently graduated from college and living in Los Angeles, Christine Eads went from doctor to doctor, hoping someone could figure out why her periods had stopped and why she often awoke in the middle of the night drenched in sweat. They provided lots...

Jillian Michaels, the physical trainer made famous on The Biggest Loser, would like to explain herself. In a recent interview with Women's Health magazine, Michaels answered a question on pregnancy by saying that she  ”can't handle doin...

For additional information on Woodruff's research visit www.woodrufflab.org In tonight's Medical Watch. The fight to save their lives can leave young cancer survivors unable to create new life. Now local scientists say they may be able to help. Gayle...

Women who have their healthy ovaries removed when they have a hysterectomy face a higher risk of death, including death from coronary heart disease and lung cancer, than women who keep their ovaries, according to new research. The finding, from a study...