By Dr Irwin Lim on December 2, 2014

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist My brother and wife introduced me to Audible and I've become a little addicted to this audiobook service. I find I ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on November 23, 2014

In rheumatology, there are few super-urgent, “life or death” situations. I like it that way. Most times when urgency is involved, it’s usually ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on November 9, 2014

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist I think that increasingly rheumatologists would like to be able to use TNF inhibitor medications much earlier in the ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on November 2, 2014

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist When I see patients walk in with this, I'm no longer shocked. It occurs too commonly so the "wow" factor's been lost. ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on October 28, 2014

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist The 9th International Congress of Spondyloarthropathies just took place in Ghent, Belgium. World experts, both ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on October 12, 2014

Our clinic's ultrasound setup By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist Another sunny, glorious Sydney weekend. I spent it indoors. Being upskilled. With a ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on October 2, 2014

Image courtesy of Stuart Miles at FreeDigitalPhotos.net By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist I was yapping to an esteemed, senior colleague a few weeks ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on September 22, 2014

An hour or so after her Enbrel injection, she noticed this rash. It steadily increased in size over the day. A little tender, a little itchy. She was ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on September 11, 2014

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist Most patients do ask about side effects. Their pharmacists helpfully (and sometimes, not so helpfully) provide them ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on September 1, 2014

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist If you present with back pain to your GP, your physiotherapist, your chiropractor, your osteopath, your ...