News tagged with ovaries
Vicious queen ants use mob tactics to reach the top
Leptothorax acervorum ants live all over the Northern hemisphere, but their reproductive strategy depends on habitat. Colonies are polygynous (more than one queen) in the forest of Siberia and central Europe, but functionally ...
Sep 30, 2011 |
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Women with PCOS benefit from acupuncture and exercise
Acupuncture and physical exercise improve hormone levels and menstrual bleeding pattern in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), reveals research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Feb 07, 2011 |
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Women with polycystic ovary syndrome may be more vulnerable to BPA
A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), found higher Bisphenol A (BPA) levels in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) compared to c ...
Jan 13, 2011 |
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Study raises concern about ability of tests to predict fertility
The method used to assess infertility in at-home tests might not be the best for identifying which women will have trouble getting pregnant, according to new research from the University of North Carolina ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 26, 2010 |
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Researchers build 'artificial ovary' to develop oocytes into mature human eggs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Brown University and Women & Infants Hospital have invented the first artificial human ovary, an advance that provides a potentially powerful new means for conducting fertility ...
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Sep 14, 2010 |
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The ant queen's chemical crown
The defining feature of social insects is that societies contain queens, which specialise in laying eggs, as well as workers, which are mostly infertile but take care of the offspring and the nest. However, when the queen ...
Jun 30, 2010 |
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Ovarian transplantation restores fertility to old mice and also lengthens their lives
Scientists have discovered that when they transplant ovaries from young mice into aging female mice, not only does the procedure make the mice fertile again, but also it rejuvenates their behaviour and increases their lifespan. ...
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Jun 29, 2010 |
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Scientists say blood test could predict menopause
(AP) -- Doctors could one day use a blood test to predict decades in advance when women will go into menopause, scientists say.
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Jun 27, 2010 |
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Male sex hormones in ovaries essential for female fertility
Male sex hormones, such as testosterone, have well defined roles in male reproduction and prostate cancer. What may surprise many is that they also play an important role in female fertility. A new study finds that the presence ...
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May 26, 2010 |
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Most Young Women with Menopause-like Condition Retain Store of Eggs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Contrary to what researchers had previously believed, most young women and girls who experience a menopause-like condition called primary ovarian insufficiency still have immature eggs in their ovaries, according ...
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Some women storing eggs now for pregnancies later
Rachel Lehmann-Haupt was 37 when she froze her eggs, a process technically known as oocyte cryopreservation. She knew it wouldn't guarantee her fertility. But the San Francisco-based writer had just ended a relationship ...
Apr 19, 2010 |
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Women with hormonal disorder at risk of heart disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Adelaide researchers have found evidence of a link between a common hormonal disorder in women and heart disease - and they're seeking more women to take part in a new study ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 12, 2010 |
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Fertility issues in young women with breast cancer must be addressed
At a time when more and more young women are surviving breast cancer and delaying childbirth, it is important to take their needs and wishes about their future fertility into consideration when deciding on treatment, the ...
Mar 24, 2010 |
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Scientists solve puzzle of chickens that are half male and half female
A puzzle that has baffled scientists for centuries - why some birds appear to be male on one side of the body and female on the other - has been solved by researchers.
Mar 10, 2010 |
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World first: Ovarian transplant helps woman be mum twice over
In what doctors described Wednesday as a world first, a Danish woman has given birth to two children after her fertility was restored using ovarian tissue that was removed, frozen, thawed and then reimplanted after cancer ...
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Feb 24, 2010 |
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Ovary
The ovary is an ovum-producing reproductive organ, often found in pairs as part of the vertebrate female reproductive system. Ovaries in anatomically female individuals are analogous to testes in anatomically male individuals, in that they are both gonads and endocrine glands.
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