By Dr Irwin Lim on April 30, 2013

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist It's a common request (complaint) I've noticed. Too few physicians (rheumatologists) bother with social media. They ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on April 28, 2013

Last weekend, I chaired a session on spondyloarthritis & ankylosing spondylitis. My 1st task of the day was to remind the attending ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on April 21, 2013

My patient emailed me last week, distressed. Her rheumatoid isn't the issue and hasn't been, even since she commenced TNF-inhibitor therapy. The ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on April 18, 2013

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist We started the Sydney Spondyloarthritis Centre at the end of 2011. Sydney didn't have any specific unit providing a ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on April 14, 2013

We should stop avoiding the elephant in the room. We need to address the fact that many of our patients are overweight. In fact many are obese. It's ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on April 11, 2013

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist The staff photos on our BJC Health website were taken in-house for convenience and definitely need updating (check ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on April 9, 2013

Psoriasis at Umbilicus This is such a nice photo. I had to share it with you. Classic psoriatic rash. He presented with various aches and pains, ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on April 7, 2013

Dr Herman Lau & Professor Theodore Pincus By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist Herman Lau and I had the opportunity to have Saturday brunch with Ted ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on April 4, 2013

Barry, a regular reader of this blog, emailed me this week with a range of suggestions for blog posts. Among those, was a suggestion for me to write ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on April 1, 2013

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist 2004 was the year I commenced my own practice as a rheumatologist. It was also the year the TNF inhibitors became ...