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Health Matters - S1E1: Monkeypox: Should sexually active persons be concerned?

Monkeypox is spread through close skin-to-skin and face-to-face contact with an infected person. Engaging in intimate or sexual activities with multiple partners might increase the chances of getting the virus.

What are the obvious symptoms to look out for? How can the virus be controlled? 

Guest: Dr Chester Lan, Resident Physician, DTAP (Dr Tan and Partners) Clinic

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Health Matters - New app for parents to check jaundice in Asian newborns

Daniel Martin speaks with Dr Alvin Ngeow, Senior Consultant, Neonatal and Developmental Medicine Department, Singapore General Hospital, about a new app for parents to check jaundice in Asian newborns.

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Health Matters - Kicking the smoking habit

Daniel Martin speaks with Dr Alvin Ng, Consultant Respiratory Physician and Intensivist at Parkway East Hospital, about kicking the habit of smoking.

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Health Matters - Human metapneumovirus: All you need to know

Daniel Martin speaks with Dr Leong Hoe Nam, Infectious Diseases Physician at Rophi Clinic, Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre, about human metapneumovirus and what you could do to prevent getting infected.

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Health Matters - X-Mas Special: Does Santa need Weight Loss surgery?

He’s holly & jolly but maybe a little too much. Just how overweight is Santa? Well estimates put it as such. So is it time for Santa to consider gastric bypass surgery to increase his 1000’s years lifespan? Daniel Martin speaks with Dr Jaideep Rao, Upper GI and Metabolic Surgeon, Arden JR Surgery, Mt Elizabeth Novena, to find out more 

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Health Matters - Foot health, with the element of luxury

Daniel Martin speaks with internationally-acclaimed podiatrist Bastion Gonzalez about the importance of foot health - but with the element of luxury.

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