New research from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the University of Turku reveals that female ...

University of Sheffield and University College London researchers have made the first successful detection of estrogen, ...

A new study has shown the ovary’s tissues and cells play a bigger role than previously thought in how fertility wanes.

Among mammals, females generally live longer. The recent comparative study examined 528 mammal species in zoos and found that 72% showed a female life expectancy advantage, averaging 12% longer lives ...

For decades, studying menstruation has posed a problem even the most sophisticated lab equipment couldn’t solve: most lab ...

With a new imaging technique, UC San Francisco scientists discover an ecosystem that determines how eggs mature and ovaries ...

History books are filled with warriors—male warriors, that is. Less referenced are the women who took up spears, bows, swords, and clubs to fight. The classical world knew and respected the skills of ...

Nick Benz-Bushling never imagined that managing his son’s mental health care would turn into a real-life horror story. After years of struggles, 16-year-old Johnathan attempted suicide in February.

UPDATE (9/24, 12 p.m.): Carletta Davis has won the Prichard mayoral runoff election with over 75 percent of the vote. Davis beat incumbent mayor Jimmie Gardner by 1,477 votes, making history as the ...

Derrick Dearman appeared to be high on drugs in his Alabama prison in the days leading up to his execution. The convicted killer raged in phone calls and emails, anguishing over how his willingness to ...

Most of the time, Wendy Alexis does track training four times a week, also doing some form of weight training and deep water running in the pool on the other days, amounting to about 25 hours a week. ...

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