By Dr Irwin Lim on October 25, 2012

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist Stiffening of the spine. That's characteristic of ankylosing spondylitis. And yet, it's been known for years that the ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on October 22, 2012

Lots of folks have back pain. Most back pain is blamed on lifting something heavy or some sporting injury or degeneration due to the passage of time. ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on October 20, 2012

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist A few months ago, my colleague Roberto Russo, wrote a post on lupus. The post was an attempt to inform that lupus ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on October 18, 2012

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist It was over a beer. A long day at a scientific conference. I happened to mention that I tweet. The scientist leaned ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on October 16, 2012

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist At BJC Health, I work with many talented health professionals. As much as possible, we work as a team. It's more ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on October 14, 2012

I wrote "In my hands, Methotrexate is NOT chemotherapy" after a twitter conversation with @fridawrites and @RheumEpi. It was a message that I have ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on October 12, 2012

Gout is a really painful, inflammatory joint disease related to having high uric acid levels. Allopurinol is a key medication used to treat gout. ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on October 10, 2012

Methotrexate is a very useful medication. Rheumatologists would all agree. We use it for rheumatoid arthritis and many other types of autoimmune ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on October 8, 2012

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist Gent, Belgium plays host to this congress held every 2 years. Almost 500 delegates attend to discuss and share their ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on October 5, 2012

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist Out of the blue. He was cooking when he felt a little snap. It wasn't particularly painful but the ring finger ...