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Health Matters - S1E10: Just how much punishment can your eyes take?

Health Matters - S1E10: Just how much punishment can your eyes take?
05 Sep 2022 09:00AM
19 mins

What should you do if a speck of dust is stuck in your eye? Rubbing it furiously might seem like the right thing to do, but could that cause harm instead? Plus, listen to find out why it is a bad idea to squeeze a stye on your eyelid.

Guest: A/Prof Khor Wei Boon, Senior Consultant at our Corneal & External Eye Disease Department, SNEC

Health Matters - Can you ‘Exercise’ your Skin with Topicals?

Daniel Martin speaks with Linda M. Jorgensen, Professional Skin Therapist, Founder & CEO of Nordic Formula, about how skincare could encourage cycles of renewal and shedding; and hence exercise your skin. 

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Health Matters - Discussing Dry Eye Disease

Daniel Martin speaks with Dr Ong Hon Shing, Consultant (Corneal and External Eye Disease Department), Singapore National Eye Centre, about Dry Eye Disease - who is at risk of it, how to cope with it, treatment and management.

29/01/2024 11 mins

Health Matters - Are thyroid diseases lifelong or curable?

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin spoke with Dr Nitish Mishra, Senior Consultant Endocrinologist, Nobel Diabetes, Thyroid and Endocrine Centre (Mount Elizabeth Novena), about thyroid diseases, finding out if they're lifelong or curable.

22/01/2024 11 mins

Health Matters - Tuberculosis: How contagious is it?

Daniel Martin speaks with Dr Caroline Choong, Clinical Director of Tuberculosis Control Unit, Consultant from the Department of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, about how rapidly tuberculosis transmits.

15/01/2024 12 mins

Health Matters - Do eye supplements really do anything for eye health?

Daniel Martin speaks with Dr Beau Fenner, Consultant, Medical Retina Department, Singapore National Eye Centre, about whether eye supplements would really do anything for your eye health. 

08/01/2024 12 mins