Sex differences in healthcare use before the first multiple sclerosis-related demyelinating event
Amini F, Everett K, Zhu F, Li P, McKay KA, Zhao Y, Maxwell CJ, Marrie RA, Tremlett H. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2026; Jul 2 [Epub ahead of print].
Publications
Using data to drive policy action: an urgent call for funding interdisciplinary team-based rheumatology care
Widdifield J, King LK, Laur CV, Kwok TSH, Purvis J, Baer P, Thorne JC, Kuriya B, Ahluwalia V, Passalent L, Hofstetter C, Yang J, Appleton CT. Healthc Q. 2026; 29 (1).
Recent hydromorphone injection and risk of incident infective endocarditis among people who inject drugs in Toronto, Canada: a cohort study
Bakewell N, Bouck Z, Greenwald ZR, Upham K, Warren CM, Birck MG, Moura CS, Bernatsky S, Neville A, Gomes T, Werb D. Harm Reduct J. 2026; Jun 20 [Epub ahead of print].
The effect of bariatric surgery on complication risk following total hip arthroplasty in patients with morbid obesity
Lex JR, Ekhtiari S, Entezari B, Koucheki R, McLawhorn AS, Pincus D, Ravi B. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2026; Jun 18 [Epub ahead of print].
Association between initial benzodiazepine prescribing patterns and time to benzodiazepine discontinuation: a population-based retrospective cohort study
Bozinoff N, Hauck TS, Kleinman RA, Sloan ME, Sproule BA, Vigod SN, Wyman J, Pequeno P, Gomes T. PLoS Med. 2026; 23(6): e1005126.
Immigration status and time to accessing publicly funded flash glucose monitoring systems
Elias MN, Allin S, Yang J, Chiu M, Shah BR, Wu F, Gomes T. JAMA Netw Open. 2026; 9(6): e2616141.
Impact of removing restrictive haemoglobin A1C eligibility criteria for insulin pump therapy funding for children with type 1 diabetes in Ontario, Canada
Weisman A, Everett K, Austin PC, Shulman R. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2026; May 28 [Epub ahead of print].
Phenotyping healthcare use before pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis, including by sex and age: a matched cohort study
Amini F, Everett K, Zhu F, Li P, McKay KA, Zhao Y, Maxwell CJ, Marrie RA, Tremlett H. Mult Scler. 2026; May 22 [Epub ahead of print].
Health care use among patients presenting to emergency department for gout flares in Ontario, Canada: a population-based health systems analysis
Kwok TSH, Morais S, Silverstein WK, Atzema CL, Choy G, Chandratre P, Li P, Widdifield J. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2026; May 11 [Epub ahead of print].
Effectiveness and safety of SGLT2 inhibitor initiation in sacubitril-valsartan users with heart failure: a population-based cohort study
Wu CY, Shah BR, Ezekowitz JA, Sharma A, Wang T, Wu CF, Liu PP, Edwards JD, Swardfager W. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Pharmacother. 2026; May 7 [Epub ahead of print].