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

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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 - Why foreign experts are shocked Singapore still has asthma deaths

We know the treatment. We know the management. We have the data. And yet, 638 asthma-related deaths are projected to occur between 2023 and 2040 here. Why are patients stumbling or holding back from regular inhaler usage to control their asthma, and why are they willing to increase their risk for decreased lung capacity in future? Daniel Martin finds out more from Dr Alvin Ng, Consultant Respiratory Physician and Intensivist, O2 Lung Centre (Farrer Park).

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Health Matters - Could your kids soon “visit” dentists via their smartphones?

Guest: Associate Professor Catherine Hong, Vice Dean (Research, Innovation and Enterprise) at NUS Faculty of Dentistry and Senior Consultant, Division of Paediatric Dentistry, National University Centre for Oral Health Singapore (NUCOHS)

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Health Matters - World Tuberculosis Day Special; Around a thousand cases here every year

Guest: Dr Deborah Ng, Director, National TB Programme (NTBP), Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA)

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Health Matters - War Weary: Can overexposure to big global issues trigger genuine mental health concerns?

Even though we’re barely two weeks into the U.S-Israel war on Iran, it has been one major issue after another - from global tariffs to a Greenland ultimatum, AI microchip challenges, strained Japanese-Chinese ties and the still looming Russia-Ukraine conflict. Sometimes, it may seem like too much. Could this seemingly never ending flow of international uncertainties weigh so heavily on you that it triggers or brings on genuine anxiety and tensions? Daniel Martin speaks with Dr Geraldine Tan, Director / Principal Clinical and Counselling Psychologist, The Therapy Room.

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Health Matters - Why are 7 to 11-month-old infants at greater risk of measles?

Guest: Dr Loh Jiashen, infectious diseases specialist at Farrer Park Hospital

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