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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 - Regulating Personal Mobility Aids

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Senior Parliamentary Secretary Baey Yam Keng, Chairman, Active Mobility Advisory Panel, about why recommendations have been put up to regulate the local use of Personal Mobility Aids.

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Daily Cuts - Analysis: November property sales

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Nicholas Mak, Chief Research Officer, Mogul.SG, about what could be causing private home sales to triple in November.

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Daily Cuts - Tackling holiday blues with Harmony Counselling

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Martin Williams, Director and Counsellor & Cordelia Fenandez, Counsellor at local mental health support services provider Harmony Counselling, about how some people may struggle emotionally during the year-end holiday season, and the mental health tools that can be used to deal with such struggles.

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Daily Cuts - Le Le's leaving! What's next for Kai Kai and Jia Jia?

Preparations are well underway for giant panda Le Le’s return to China. Andrea Heng and Susan Ng find out how he and his parents are doing with Dr Heng Yirui, Assistant Vice President, Veterinary Healthcare, Mandai Wildlife Group

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Daily Cuts - Let's Chat about Fostering!

"Let’s Chat About Fostering," organised by PPIS aims to shed light on the significance of fostering and encourage more individuals to participate in this. It's happening on 16 December 2023. Andrea Heng and Susan Ng speak with foster parents Mdm Nur Halimah -  a home-based entrepreneur and Mr Najib, a technician.

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