By Dr Irwin Lim on November 14, 2016

American College of Rheumatology Meeting, Washington DC: I've had the good fortune to be invited to give a presentation at the annual scientific ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on November 9, 2016

One of the common things a person given the diagnosis of an inflammatory arthritis or an autoimmune disease asks me is if they can alter their diet ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on November 3, 2016

I've been reminded this week that we often get this commonly performed swapping incorrect. DMARDS are disease modifying antirheumatic drugs. We use ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on October 25, 2016

I'm currently involved in this psoriasis / psoriatic arthritis campaign which is an initiative of the pharmaceutical company, Abbvie. The main ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on October 15, 2016

On World Arthritis Day, one of my patients saw an ad on TV about rheumatoid arthritis (RA). She excitedly told me the next day. I think this RA TV ad ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on September 28, 2016

Just a quick thought regarding the use of MRI for inflammatory spinal pain. MRIs are often thought of as the "gold standard" to aid diagnosis in ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on September 17, 2016

I'm currently in Ghent, Belgium attending the 10th International Congress on Spondyloarthritides. It's a charming place to listen to world experts ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on September 10, 2016

Chronic back pain is a huge burden, in Australia and globally. In Australia, it is estimated that 3.7 million Australians report chronic back ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on August 28, 2016

We’ve been lucky in Australia to have had access to biologic medication with a range of TNF-inhibitor medications since 2004 through a scheme where ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on August 25, 2016

It’s clear that undergraduate & postgraduate training in musculoskeletal disease is a little neglected for GPs. It’s a shame that ...