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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 - Is Singapore truly a 'Blue Zone' if it's engineered?

Singapore was featured in a Netflix series as a ‘Blue Zone 2.0’ nation. Although this means we are an 'engineered' Blue Zone, authorities have been creative in our policies to help keep residents living longer, and happier. Professor Koh Woon-Puay is from the Healthy Longevity Translational Research Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS. She tells Arnold & Andrea if Singapore is really successful in extending our life expectancy and keeping people happy.

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Daily Cuts - Is your workplace emotionally inclusive?

Does your company leadership care for the humanity of the individuals where you work? What does it mean to be an emotionally inclusive workplace? And what good does it do for workers and the organisation? Work It's Stanley Leong and Cheryl Goh speak with Mollie Rogers Jean De Dieu, General Manager of French fashion and accessory company Longchamp in Singapore and Malaysia, and Founder of Emotional Inclusion®.

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Daily Cuts - Are you OK with "paid" food reviews from your food bloggers

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin speaks with Brian Kennett, Founder, 'Is Life A Recipe', about whether it's fine for food bloggers to publish "paid" food reviews. 

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Daily Cuts - Analysis: September NODX results

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin speaks with Barnabas Gan, Acting Group Chief Economist, RHB Bank, about what could be causing our non-oil domestic exports to contract for the 12th consecutive month in September.

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Daily Cuts - Bayshore BTO Projects: What could make them attractive properties

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin speaks with Lee Sze Teck, Senior Director of Data Analytics, Huttons Real Estate Group, about what could make two Build-To-Order (BTO) projects being launched at the new Bayshore estate attractive to prospective homebuyers.

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