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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 - Blinken returns to the Middle East seeking restraint

On his latest trip to Israel on Friday (3 Nov), US Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans to meet Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to voice solidarity but also to reassert the need to minimize Palestinian civilian casualties. Joining us to share his analysis is Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh, Convenor for the Middle East Studies Forum, at Deakin University.

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Daily Cuts - Catching up on Tech with Geoff Quattromani

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Geoff Quattromani, International Tech Commentator and Freelance Writer out of Sydney, about Microsoft's AI tool that will go to meetings on one's behalf, among other tech developments.

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Daily Cuts - #TalkBack: Would you buy unlicensed health products

On #TalkBack, Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Professor Eric Chan, Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, about the dangers of consuming unlicensed health products.

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Daily Cuts - Air Hacks with Expedia

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with James Marshall, VP of Global Transportation, Expedia about their latest Air Hacks report. In a poll of 1,000 Singapore travellers, they found that air travel-related stress is more stressful than money, getting stuck in traffic, or visiting the dentist. 

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Daily Cuts - Queen of the Universe with Pia Wurtzbach

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Pia Wurtzbach, a Filipina model, actress and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 2015. Pia will talk about her career trajectory since being crowned and her new foray into writing which produced the novel ‘Queen of the Universe’ set against the rich backdrop of Manila's glittering urban life.

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