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Health Matters - S1E41: Shingles Vaccines for the Elderly

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It's the enemy within - Chicken Pox in your youth resulted in a virus lying dormant in your body until it emerge again as Shingles. New organisations of Vaccines can help prevent that painful occurrence.

Guest: Dr Carol, Geriatrician, Medical Director of The Good Life Medical Center

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Health Matters - International Celiac Disease Awareness Day

Daniel Martin speaks with Dr Calvin Koh, Gastroenterologist at Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore, about what celiac disease is and how it differs from gluten intolerance or allergy.

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Health Matters - Why do some men naturally develop "breasts"?

Daniel Martin speaks with Dr Samuel Ho, Consultant Plastic Surgeon and Medical Director at Allure Plastic Surgery (a member of Beyond Medical Group), about gynaecomastia, and how it can seriously affect men's self-confidence and identity.

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Health Matters - How phimosis affects men

Phimosis is defined as the inability to retract the skin (foreskin) covering the head (glans) of the penis. Daniel Martin finds out more about this condition from Dr Jay Lim, Pan Asia Surgery Group.

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Health Matters - Ocular Inflammation

Daniel Martin speaks with Dr Anita Chan, Head & Senior Consultant, Ocular Inflammation & Immunology Department, Singapore National Eye Centre, about how medical conditions like poorly controlled diabetes and cancer treatment can cause severe eye infections.

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Health Matters - How and why should you reduce Thyroid nodules?

Thyroid nodules - abnormal growths of lumps within the thyroid - are more common than you think, and can even lead to an overactive thyroid gland. Is removing them a challenging process, and is it always necessary? Daniel Martin finds out from Dr Donovan Eu, Consultant, Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, National University Hospital.

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