Robert L. Reid

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 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-sectio…

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…

Menstrual cycle-related exacerbation of common medical conditions such as migraine, epilepsy, asthma, irritable bowel syndrome, and diabetes, is a well-recognized phenomenon. Accurate documentation of symptoms on a menstrual calendar allows…

Proliferation of synovial lining cells and fibroblasts in adjuvant arthritis of rats was investigated by autoradiographic methods. As manifestation of the generalized experimental disease increased labelling rates of both cell types were fo…

To investigate whether danazol is more effective than placebo for the treatment of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), we conducted a randomized, double-blind, crossover study comparing three successive cycles of danazol (200 mg bid) to three cycl…

A total of 14 women with severe premenstrual syndrome unresponsive to conservative medical therapy were treated with danazol in doses sufficient to suppress cyclic ovarian steroidogenesis. In each case medical ovarian suppression resulted i…