By Dr Irwin Lim on May 17, 2020

Like most rheumatologists, the doctors at BJC Health have fixed session times at various clinics where we consult. We typically start at 0800 and end ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on April 20, 2020

On the 5th March, our team of BJC Health leaders met in my living room to discuss our plans for the next 10 years. The planning phase had commenced 4 ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on April 14, 2020

Thank you for the kind words and support you’ve provided BJC Health on social media. Our multidisciplinary team is working hard to engage and develop ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on April 7, 2020

It’s been a really challenging time for us at BJC Health as I am sure it has been for all of you.   If one good thing has come out of the COVID-19 ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on March 5, 2019

I’m sorry that I’ve been missing from this blog. I was galvanized to start blogging in late 2010 to try and rectify community attitudes to ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on January 22, 2019

Happy New Year! I hope it's been a good one so far. I thought I'd start the year with some crystal ball gazing. I wrote this piece for The ...

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 23, 2018

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a disease with many ups and downs. Some days, you may be feeling great and fully mobile—the next day, you’re finding it ...

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 ...