PurposeTo determine whether age modifies the effect of the number of motile spermatozoa inseminated (NMSI) as a predictor of success in Intrauterine Insemination (IUI).MethodsThis retrospective cohort study included all patients who underwe…
Canada's Generation X is now entering the menopausal transition and pursuing effective therapy for bothersome vasomotor symptoms. They do so at a time when confusion about the safe and appropriate use of menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) has…
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the societal economic burden of illness caused by surgically confirmed endometriosis in Canada in 2009, including direct health care costs, lost productivity, and lost leisure time costs. METHODS: Using a cross-secti…
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the potential of photodynamic therapy with aminolevulinic acid (ALA-PDT) for ablation of endometrial explants in a rat endometriosis model and to compare the effect of ALA-PDT, electrosurgery, and surgical resection o…
OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to evaluate and compare the conversion of 5-aminolevulinic acid into the endogenous photosensitizer protoporphyrin IX in experimentally induced endometriosis and in other normal tissues in a rat model. STUDY DESI…