By Dr Irwin Lim on March 3, 2017

Interesting phone call. My patient rang, sheepish and quite upset. I haven’t seen her for a few months. Her psoriasis, spondylitis and psoriatic ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on February 21, 2017

The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) paper published last week reminded me to write this post. We’ve been lucky in Australia to have access to ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on February 7, 2017

Herbal medicines are really widely used, and this is based on people believing that these products which are said to be “natural” are safer than your ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on February 4, 2017

It's annoying. I do appreciate that news sites need to report news and new findings, and they need some twist with stories to keep people reading. ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on January 18, 2017

She’s in her 30s and has had rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for quite a few years. By our 1st meeting, she has already developed erosions and had ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on January 12, 2017

1st post for the year. And this is a plea for your help. Directed to those of you using Methotrexate, especially if you are using Methotrexate by ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on December 19, 2016

A swollen knee in a young woman needs a reason. What’s the most common cause? Actually, I don’t know the answer to that exactly. But when a ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on December 13, 2016

This is a relatively common question and as a rheumatologist, I should probably have a good answer. I didn't. But I now have a good video to point to ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on November 29, 2016

From the ACR Scientific Meeting, Washington DC, November 2016. The results of the EXXELERATE trial were presented by Dr Roy Fleishmann, and I share ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on November 18, 2016

ACR Scientific Meeting, Washington DC, November 2016 It's fair to say that most of us rheumatologists find it very hard to deal with the fatigue our ...