But it turns out our ovaries aren’t just keeping time on our fertility. Scientists now believe the ovaries play a key role in female longevity, helping to regulate the systems that keep our heart, ...

Ovarian follicles are small fluid-filled sacs inside the ovaries. Each follicle has the potential to release an egg for fertilization. Learn more here.

Whether ovarian cancer originates in the ovary or the surrounding tissues is a focus of debate. Work in mice now shows that stem cells that replenish the ovarian surface epithelium can be the ...

If a mass on the ovary has solid components as well as fluid, it could be a sign of ovarian cancer. “An ultrasound usually gives us a good idea if the cyst has some solid components,” says Minkin.