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Think Ovaries Stop Working After Menopause? Scientists Just Found A Second Job

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07.09.2026

Think Ovaries Stop Working After Menopause? Scientists Just Found A Second Job

Far from being stagnant following menopause, women’s ovaries appear to take on a new, vital job.

Freelance Life Writer

If you are anything like me, you likely assumed that after menopause, ovaries no longer served a purpose in female bodies. Much like an appendix, they just kind of... hang around.

Well, reproductive biologist Francesca Duncan believed this to be true, too. However, following research by her team at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, it has been........

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