Intermittent fasting has been shown to be an effective way to lose weight, but critics have worried that the practice may have a negative impact on women's reproductive hormones. Now, a team of ...

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 ...

For the past 25 years, Dr. Jessica Cho practiced medicine with a single mission: Help patients attain wellness and create a life full of joy, vitality and balance. As a physician, her passion is to ...

Once again I am extremely lucky to have this article co-written by a senior graduate student who's an expert on how reproductive hormones act on the brain. Stephanie Koebele is completing her Ph.D.

Neurons in the mouse brain expressing sexual reproduction hormones. Shown in green is gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH), which is needed to stimulate puberty. In red are the brain cells that are ...

(Beyond Pesticides, December 2, 2025) Recently published in Reproductive Toxicology, researchers in Denmark and Iceland investigate the impacts of pesticides on sex hormones, finding that “prenatal ...

Your hormones are like an intricate symphony playing inside your body. When every instrument hits the right notes at the right time, you feel energetic, emotionally stable, and your reproductive ...

Notably as a spin-off from the petroleum industry, artificial carbon-based chemicals are rife in modern industrialized environments. Many of those organic compounds act as endocrine disruptors, fake ...

Hormones function as the body’s chemical messengers, orchestrating nearly every physiological process from metabolism and mood to reproduction and sleep. When these powerful compounds fall out of ...

Gallbladder removal surgery rarely leads to hormonal imbalance, but this is one potential risk. After gallbladder removal surgery (cholecystectomy), your body might feel a little off. You might be ...