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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 - Men’s Health issues for Movember

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Ivan Lee, Clinical Therapist from Alliance Counselling about 'Movember’ an annual event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men's health issues – particularly mental wellbeing issues in Singapore.    

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Daily Cuts - Behind rising GST Evasion

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Hui Wong speak with Associate Professor Soh Kee Hean, School of Humanities and Behavioural Sciences, Singapore University of Social Sciences and Ong Pei Ching, Partner, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, TSMP Law Corporation, about more people here evading taxes for homeware and luxury goods.

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Daily Cuts - Battling bed bugs

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Hui Wong speak with Andy Ma, CEO, Star Bugs, about how our nation could increase its vigilance against bed bugs.

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Daily Cuts - Protecting ourselves from pneumonia

Pneumonia is seen as an illness that commonly afflicts the elderly, but young people can contract it too. World Pneumonia Day is commemorated on Nov 12. We speak with Dr Leong Hoe Nam, Infectious Disease Specialist, about the situation in Singapore.

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Daily Cuts - National security to be enhanced with laws on critical entities ownership

The proposed parliamentary bill aims to regulate significant investments into entities that are critical to the country’s national security interests. We find out more about the need for such a bill in view of rising global protectionism. Joining us is Dr Oh Ei Sun, Senior Fellow, Singapore Institute of International Affairs

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