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Health Matters - S1E23: COVID-19 vaccines for young children

Did you know that your young ones (6 months - 4 years) getting the COVID vaccine may experience less severe side-effects? It might be due to the lower dose, but that doesn’t mean they’re less protected against COVID or a complication known as multi-system inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C).

Guest: Associate Professor Chong Chia Yin, Senior Consultant, Infectious Disease Service, Department of Paediatrics, KK Women's and Children's Hospital

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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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