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 Robert Russo on December 8, 2016

One issue that I find myself talking about often is my approach to using NSAIDs, particularly in Osteoarthritis as well as in the treatment of ...

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 ...

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 ...