Women are born with a fixed number of eggs (oocytes) in their ovaries. This egg supply – known as a woman’s ovarian reserve – decreases with age. If a woman has diminished ovarian reserve (DOR), it ...

Medically reviewed by Peter Weiss, MD The number of eggs a woman has decreases throughout her lifetime. People with ovaries ...

An ovarian cyst is a sac or pouch filled with fluid or other tissue that forms on or inside a woman's ovary. Ovaries are the small reproductive glands located on each side of your uterus that make ...

A follicle discharges a single egg to the surface of the ovary, whence it is slowly carried ... and women over 35 are more likely to carry a baby with abnormalities. Male: While women's fertility ...

Scientists are ready to plunder the ovaries of aborted babies for eggs to use in IVF treatment. Experiments have taken the process almost to completion, it emerged yesterday. They raise the ...