By Dr Irwin Lim on November 6, 2018

It can be quite difficult to diagnose rheumatoid arthritis (RA). People can have different symptoms and yet still be classified as having RA. So, ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on October 30, 2018

Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis. Luckily, the past decade has brought on a wealth of innovation in arthritis ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on October 16, 2018

As many as 240,000 people suffer from rheumatoid arthritis in Australia [1]. It’s a chronic and systemic (whole body) inflammatory disease affecting ...

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 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 February 22, 2016

We made the prime time news today as part of the Don't Turn Your Back On It campaign for ankylosing spondylitis. A few inaccuracies, that many of you ...

By Dr Anne Chung on November 16, 2015

I had been looking forward to attending the 2015 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Annual Meeting in San Francisco for some time and the meeting ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on October 15, 2015

We suspect that up to 80% of Australians experience back pain at some point in their lives. A number of these become chronic and it’s a huge drain on ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on October 12, 2015

I was fortunate to be in Colombo on the weekend to talk to the Sri Lankan rheumatology association. The brief was to share the experience of biologic ...