Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immunological disease that causes acute inflammatory lesions
and chronic inflammation in the CNS, leading to tissue damage and disability. As awareness …

Background The incidence of multiple sclerosis (MS) has reportedly increased over time;
however, change in MS incidence has not been rigorously assessed globally. Methods We …

Background Emerging evidence suggests that living near major roads might adversely affect
cognition. However, little is known about its relationship with the incidence of dementia …

Background Emerging evidence links road proximity and air pollution with cognitive
impairment. Joint effects of noise and greenness have not been evaluated. We investigated …

Our objective was to undertake a systematic review ascertaining the accuracy of using
administrative healthcare data to identify epilepsy cases. We searched MEDLINE and …

Province-wide population-based administrative health data from British Columbia (BC),
Canada (population: approximately 4.5 million) were used to estimate the incidence and …

Objective We sought to better understand the reasons for increasing prevalence of multiple
sclerosis (MS) by studying prevalence in relation to incidence, mortality rates, sex ratio, and …

Methods: Using Statistics Canada's Population Health Microsimulation Model (POHEM)
framework, specifically the population-based longitudinal, microsimulation model named …

Objective To investigate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalization risk in
patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) compared with matched non …

Objective To develop a valid algorithm for identifying multiple sclerosis (MS) cases in
administrative health claims (AHC) datasets. Methods We used 4 AHC datasets from the …