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Daily Cuts - Keeping track of Singaporeans' heart health through Project Reset

According to the National Health Survey, nearly all of us (9/10) are consuming too much salt. And naturally, that’s resulted in higher prevalence of hypertension and high blood pressure. Heart disease is also the top cause of death in Singapore. So a new initiative has been launched – it’s called Project RESET, and it will involve the screening of 10,000 Singaporeans aged 40 to 70. Professor Roger Foo, Director, Cardiovascular-Metabolic Disease Translational Research Programme, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute, National University Heart Centre, Singapore tells us more about this.

 

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Daily Cuts - Hustle culture

When we talk about hustle culture, what comes to mind is something like a side-gig. It can be a job that brings in extra money beyond one's regular paycheck, or it could be one's main source of income. Now, there's a place you can go for that. Work It speaks with Kenneth Phooi from the Customer Growth Team at Hustle Singapore.

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Daily Cuts - Singapore's first fully-electric cargo vessel sets sail

The 18.5m-long electric cargo vessel named “Hydromover” was designed, engineered, and constructed entirely in Singapore. It’s the brainchild of Goal Zero, which is among three consortiums awarded funding in 2021 to develop such harbour craft. We find out more from Jan-Viggo Johansen, Managing Director, marinEV, Yinson Green Technologies.  

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Daily Cuts - Will the Israel-Hamas ceasefire hold?

The truce between Israel and Hamas is expected to take effect on 23 November — after the Israelis delayed the start of the ceasefire by a day. During the delay, Israel bombed more targets in Gaza. We get insights on how likely the four-day truce will hold — and what might happen after. Joining us is Dr Ran Porat, research affiliate at the Australian Centre of Jewish Civilisation, Monash University.

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Daily Cuts - Cross-bred, miniaturised dogs: Cute, but problematic?

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Hui Wong speak with Dr Cathy Chan, Veterinarian and Co-Founder, The Animal Doctors, about owning cross-bred, miniaturised dogs.

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Daily Cuts - Paw-renting rescue dogs

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Daniel Boey, Creative Curator, TV Personality, Author and Fashion Director, about his latest book, 'We Adopted Too!', which continues to document dog rescue and adoption stories.

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