Ovulation is a crucial moment in the continuous thread of life, and yet we still know very little about it. That's what motivated scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences ...

These meds, called fertility drugs, work by causing your body to release hormones that trigger or regulate ovulation — the release of an egg from your ovary. Even if you already use another ...

Eventually, one of the eggs erupts from the follicle (ovulation). It usually happens about 2 weeks before your next period. If no sperm is around to fertilize the egg, it moves through to the ...

How Does Birth Control Stop Ovulation? Hormonal birth control prevents ovulation by blocking the signal that triggers two key hormones involved in ovulation: follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and ...