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Health Matters - S1E26: Celine Dion’s diagnosis: Stiff Person Syndrome

Painful spasms led the global superstar to discover she was suffering from a rare condition known as “Stiff Person Syndrome”. In fact, it is so rare, it’s known to affect only 1 or 2 people out of a million. Do you know, a handful of such cases have also been recorded in Singapore?

Guest: Dr Jeanne Tan, Associate Consultant, Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute

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Health Matters - How could an AI Spine Surgery help someone who’s almost fully bent over (90°)

Guest: Dr Wayne Yap, Consultant in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital

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Health Matters - First-of-its-kind paediatric palliative care pilot launches

Guest: Professor Sng Ban Leong, Cocoon Programme Lead and Head & Senior Consultant of the Department of Women's Anaesthesia, KKH.

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Health Matters - Gene Editing to deal with rare, fatal heart disease ~ Singapore global trial

Guest: Asst Prof Lin Weiqin, Clinical Director of the Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy Programme at the National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS)

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Health Matters - IMH study on suicide warning signs: what could happen the week before?

Guest: Associate Professor Mythily Subramaniam, Assistant Chairman, Medical Board (Research), Institute of Mental Health, who led the study

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