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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 - #TalkBack: Why e-bike accidents are becoming more prominent

On #TalkBack, Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Steven Lim, Panel Member, Active Mobility Advisory Panel and Assistant Professor Terence Fan, Strategic Management, SMU, about what could be causing accidents involving e-bikes here to be more prominent.

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Daily Cuts - Local retail sales on the climb

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Song Seng Wun, Economic Adviser, CGS-CIMB Securities and Associate Professor Irene Ng, Director of the Social Service Research Centre, NUS, about local retail sales picking up in August.

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Daily Cuts - Stocking up your socks with local designs!

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with the co-founders behind Freshly Pressed Socks, a local brand that designs and makes quality socks. Vincent Teo, Karl Ng, and Ling Ang share more about developing the idea of a socks brand, and practising sustainability in sourcing for their product materials.

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Daily Cuts - A quest for love and How to Date A Dozen Men

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Samara Gan, the author behind "How to Date a Dozen Men", a semi-autobiographical graphic novel on her quest for true love. Samara shares about the idea behind the novel, and how her dating life has influenced her to write her characters.

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Daily Cuts - 365 days to play in New Zealand

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Dawn Huang, the blogger behind 365days2play, about her time in New Zealand and the best things to do to eat, experience and enjoy.

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