By Dr Irwin Lim on August 17, 2016

Aussie researchers have worked out how much weight people carrying extra kilograms with knee osteoarthritis need to shed to improve the situation. ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on August 10, 2016

While I do have patients who come in with a list of questions to ask, far more are less prepared. Being diagnosed with rheumatoid is clearly ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on July 21, 2016

In the post, “We need the prefiled Methotrexate subcutaneous injection pen in Australia!”, I wrote the following: "In Europe and North America, ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on July 17, 2016

We’ve made a lot of mistakes with branding and marketing over the years. Our name change from The Bone & Joint Clinic to BJC Health was in ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on July 4, 2016

I do like whiteboard animations. This is a good one, courtesy of the Spondylitis Association of America. The average time before diagnosis of ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on June 28, 2016

Hydroxychloroquine or Plaquenil is a medication used widely in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE or lupus). It’s really considered quite a gentle ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on June 19, 2016

The take-home message from the recent EULAR congress in London for me was that I should be using subcutaneous Methotrexate (MTX) more. There was of ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on June 6, 2016

Oh no. Bad press for Methotrexate. “Worrying rise in accidental overdose of prescription drug methotrexate” was the headline in the Sydney Morning ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on May 25, 2016

This week, I've had a steady stream of doctor friends take photos of this cover page then email/sms/tweet me with it. I feature in an article in Best ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on May 21, 2016

My colleagues are currently conducting a study looking at outcomes of pregnancies in women with inflammatory rheumatic diseases such as Rheumatoid ...