Nearly 10 years after the discovery that birds make a hormone that suppresses reproduction, neuroscientists have established that humans make it too, opening the door to development of a new class of ...

The technology, developed by researchers at Imperial College London and The University of Hong Kong, can be used to measure hormones that affect fertility, sexual development and menstruation more ...

From PCOS to endometriosis, a growing body of evidence suggests that an imbalanced gut microbiome may influence how the female reproductive system behaves. We asked an expert to decode.

Hormones orchestrate everything from energy to cognition — so why does mainstream medicine ignore their decline, and sometimes accelerate it?

Mice with epilepsy have altered patterns of neuron activity in the portion of the brain that controls the reproductive endocrine system, University of Illinois researchers report in a new study.

Stress is known to decrease fertility and sexual behavior, but researchers thought this was because stress hormones lower levels of a brain hormone called gonadotropin releasing hormone, or GnRH.

Winter is a season of quiet transitions. The cooler weather, shorter days and changes in routine bring a noticeable shift in how the body feels and functions. For many women, these changes influence ...

Growing tissue from cells in a petri dish is hard enough, but growing multiple types of tissue, connecting them, and keeping them alive for weeks is even more daunting. A team led by Teresa K.

One of the most challenging areas of health care is the endocrine system. This vastly complex system is what regulates the hormones in your body. Often hormones are seen as triggers for very specific ...