Pelvic pain associated with endometriosis often becomes chronic and can persist (or recur) even after surgical and hormonal interventions. According to results published in the journal Regional Anesth...
Stress during pregnancy is known to affect health, but a new study suggests that pre-pregnancy stress levels are also important to assess. The researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigh...
The beginning of life is shrouded in mystery. While the complicated dynamics of mitosis in the so-called somatic cells - the cells that have a specialized function, such as skin and muscle cells - are...
Women with a history of endometriosis have higher levels of cadmium in their urine than women without this diagnosis. This is according to a study by Michigan State University, which suggests that the...
Most human eggs never have the chance to mature into eggs, a recent study sheds light on why. A new "atlas" of the human ovary provides insights that could lead to treatments that restore ovarian horm...
The potential impact of an undetected sexually transmitted chlamydial infection on men's fertility has been identified in a study conducted by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), which for ...
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shed light on the proteins that control ovarian development in mice before and after birth. This could lead to a better understanding of the cause of fe...
After the egg cell has been fertilized by a sperm, the surrounding egg shell tightens and thus mechanically prevents the penetration of further sperm and the associated death of the embryo. This is ac...
