A recent Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study investigated the association between reproduction and biological aging based on epigenetic clocks. From the 8th to the 19th century, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Certain genetic mutations were linked to age at menarche and prevalent among Chinese and American women. Age at ...

Simone de Beauvoir It’s not too far-fetched to look at the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2022 evisceration of Roe v. Wade as the ...

For a long time, having children has been a young person’s game. Although ancient records are sparse, researchers estimate that, for most of human history, women most typically conceived their first ...

Early menarche, late menopause, and long reproductive span increase ovarian cancer risk, particularly in postmenopausal women. Hormone replacement therapy and early menarche are significant risk ...

A landmark 30-year study of over four million women in England has revealed that women with endometriosis-associated infertility are significantly more likely to become pregnant compared to those with ...

Around 20% of women who needed fertility treatment, such as IVF, to conceive their first child are likely to get pregnant naturally in the future, finds a new study led by UCL (University College ...

The Commonwealth Fund scorecard ranks Mississippi, Texas, Nevada, and Oklahoma among the poorest-performing states overall for women’s health care access, quality, and outcomes, while Massachusetts, ...

In 2022, the overturn of Roe v. Wade introduced me to the idea that reproductive care went beyond an individual’s choice. I ...

List of illustrations -- Note on sources -- Introduction -- 1: Some could suckle over their shoulder: male travelers, female bodies, and the gendering of racial ideology -- 2: Number of women doeth ...