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Health Matters - Pediatric injuries are among the top trauma cases in Singapore

Guest: Clinical Assistant Professor Ronald Tan, Senior Consultant, Department of Emergency Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH), and Chairman of the KKH Injury Prevention Working Group

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Health Matters - The truth about slipped discs, text neck and nerve compressions

Daniel Martin speaks with Dr Mohammad Mashfiqul Arafin Siddiqui, Senior Orthopedic and Spine Surgeon, Farrer Park Hospital, about slipped discs, text neck and nerve compressions.

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Health Matters - Salted vegetables could up your risk of developing Nose Cancer

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin zooms in on why Singaporeans should be so concerned over Nose Cancer, taking a look at the big trends and incidence of Nasopharyngeal Cancer here. 

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Health Matters - Problems of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Daniel Martin spoke with Dr Edward Cheong, Senior Upper GI Consultant, Pan Asia Surgery, about what a stinging heartburn could mean.

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Health Matters - Diffuse large B cell lymphoma

Daniel Martin speaks with Dr Lim Zi Yi, Medical Director of Centre for Clinicial Haemotology, and a Senior Consultant in Haematology, about the most common lymphoma known as Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL). This can present as a rapidly growing mass or enlarged lymph nodes. What is the latest being done to tackle this?

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Health Matters - Troponin levels as an indicator of “heart injury”?

The Health Sciences Authority has just disputed the findings of a Swiss study that reported heart injuries among a small percentage of people who had received an mRNA vaccine. The study used Troponin levels as an indicator of heart injury. But just what is Troponin, and what is true heart injury? Daniel Martin finds out from Assistant Professor Lin Weiqin, Clinical Director, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy Programme and Senior Consultant, Department of Cardiology, National University Heart Centre Singapore. 

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