By Dr Irwin Lim on December 28, 2012

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist My home was broken into overnight. Through the laundry window. He/she/they took wallets, handbag, iPad, iPhones, ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on December 17, 2012

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist Barry from Florida emailed me regarding the post on biologic choice for Rheumatoid Arthritis (link). He's kindly ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on December 15, 2012

By Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist My 3 kids attend the local parish primary school. On Thursday night, we attended the end-of-year combined ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on December 12, 2012

I'm over the jetlag. I think. The brain fog lifted sometime this am. The 2 days I spent in Leeds discussing rheumatoid arthritis with 20 ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on December 8, 2012

I'm currently in Leeds, UK, visiting Chapel Allerton Hospital. This hospital is home to the Section of Musculoskeletal Disease, a world-renowned ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on December 4, 2012

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist The non-doctors among you will still clearly see the destruction evident in those hands. This lady presented late ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on December 1, 2012

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist Up to 5% of patients with chronic back pain have an Inflammatory cause for the spinal symptoms rather than or in ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on November 27, 2012

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist About 10 years ago, I was listening to a talk by a senior rheumatologist on setting up practice. One sage advice was ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on November 22, 2012

This post is written in response to a very perceptive question by a regular contributor to this blog, Naomi Creek. I have previously written about ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on November 20, 2012

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist Once you suffer 1 osteoporotic fracture (also called a minimal trauma fracture), the risk that you will suffer ...