By Dr Irwin Lim on May 7, 2016

Guess what? Patients spotted at the Australian Rheumatology Association’s (ARA) Annual Scientific Meeting. We’ve always had patient association ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on May 1, 2016

Back at the Australian Rheumatology Association’s Annual Scientific meeting. This time, in Darwin. Four and a half days of presentations, networking, ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on April 27, 2016

A steady trickle of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are coming to our clinic and asking how they may get access to the TNF inhibitor ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on April 21, 2016

Like most rheumatologists in Australia, I reckon Ankylosing Spondylitis is easy to treat. Most respond to anti-inflammatory medications, either the ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on April 13, 2016

She flew interstate for the consultation. I’m assuming she found out about me on the internet and felt she agreed with my practice philosophy and ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on April 6, 2016

"As Hippocrates said, ‘Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food’. Now, more than any other time in history, research is indicating that he ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on March 30, 2016

My friend who is also a doctor missed her rheumatoid arthritis for some time. It’s been awhile since med school and she has the same idea about ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on March 25, 2016

It’s always nice to have a new medication for a difficult-to-treat disease. Psoriatic arthritis can be a frustrating disease to control effectively ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on March 19, 2016

Monday 14th March. Important occasion for us. We moved into our new BJC Health Parramatta clinic in November and it's been a significant improvement ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on March 16, 2016

Over lunch with a friend, we discussed elevator pitches for her new business venture. I was trying to get her to explain what she did in a couple of ...