Human Reproduction Update:double digits and beyond

Human Reproduction Update: double digits and beyond.

In January of 2013, I took the helm from my colleague, Professor John Collins, to steer the ship that is Human Reproduction Update (HRU), a review journal owned by the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). It’s with great pleasure that I reflect on the transition during the first 3 years of my editorship. HRU was first published in 1995 by Sir Robert Edwards: it has sin...

Clarification of scope for Human Reproduction and Molecular Human Reproduction†.

As judged by any sentinel marker, ESHRE houses the most successful journals in reproductive health and disease, namely,Human Reproduction Update,Human Reproduction andMolecular Human Reproduction (MHR). This position has been achieved by continual publication of only the highest quality articles and constant innovation. With the change in editorship of all three ESHRE journals in 2013, the oppo...

Women's health beyond reproduction: meeting the challenges.

Editorials 478 Women's health and noncommunicable diseases are both generating increasing interest within the international community. Over the past two years major action platforms have been launched in these areas, including the United Nations' Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health and the Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention an...

Folate and human reproduction.

The influence of folate nutritional status on various pregnancy outcomes has long been recognized. Studies conducted in the 1950s and 1960s led to the recognition of prenatal folic acid supplementation as a means to prevent pregnancy-induced megaloblastic anemia. In the 1990s, the utility of periconceptional folic acid supplementation and folic acid food fortification emerged when they were pro...

Genomic Imprinting and Human Reproduction