Health Check Ep 24: Are smart devices bad for infants? 11:50 mins Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and clears up some common misconceptions on health. In this episode, ST correspondent Joyce Teo and podcasting head Ernest Luis host Dr Mae Wong, a senior consultant at the department of child development at KK Women's and Children's Hospital. This episode is aimed at the impact of early screen exposure on children's behavi...
Dec 03, 2019•12 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Health Check Ep 23: Why you shouldn't demand antibiotics for your flu 12:43 mins Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and clears up some common misconceptions on health. In this episode, ST correspondent Joyce Teo and podcasting head Ernest Luis host Associate Professor Hsu Li Yang - the head of the infectious diseases programme and the co-director of the Leadership Institute for Global Health Transformation at the NUS Saw S...
Nov 19, 2019•13 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Health Check Ep 22: Why women need to watch out for heart disease 14:43 mins Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and clears up some common misconceptions on health. In this episode, ST correspondent Joyce Teo hosts Dr Low Ting Ting, a consultant at the Department of Cardiology at the National University Heart Centre, Singapore. Dr Low, who is also the programme director of its Women’s Heart Health Programme, tells you why t...
Nov 05, 2019•15 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Health Check Ep 21: How to treat and prevent kidney stones 13:47 mins Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and debunks misconceptions with medical experts. In this episode, ST correspondent Joyce Teo and podcasting head Ernest Luis invite urologist Dr Tan Yung Khan from UroHealth Medical Clinic to debunk misconceptions about kidney stones. He answers the following questions: 1. Should I cut my calcium intake to prevent kidne...
Oct 22, 2019•14 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Health Check Ep 20: Sex and other addictions - how to deal with them and why people get addicted 13:46 mins Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and debunks the myths with expert guests. In this episode, ST correspondent Joyce Teo and podcasting head Ernest Luis host Dr Munidasa Winslow, a well-known addictions expert and the founder of Promises Healthcare . He gives you the lowdown on addictions and answers the following qu...
Oct 09, 2019•14 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Health Check Ep 19: How to cope with ADHD 14:42 mins Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and debunks the myths with expert guests. In this episode, ST correspondent Joyce Teo and podcasting head Ernest Luis host Dr Munidasa Winslow, a well-known addictions expert and the founder of Promises Healthcare . He reveals how he found out he has attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a condition characterised by inattenti...
Sep 25, 2019•15 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Health Check Ep 18: What to know about gut health, and your poo 11.17 mins Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and debunks the myths with expert guests. In this episode, ST correspondent Joyce Teo and podcasting head Ernest Luis host Dr Lai Jiunn Herng from Lai Endoscopy and Colorectal Surgery at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre. He tells you what you need to know about gut health, and answers the following questions: 1. Why ...
Sep 10, 2019•11 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Health Check Ep 17: When we should be worried about colorectal cancer 9:44 mins Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and debunks the myths with expert guests. In this episode, ST correspondent Joyce Teo and podcasting head Ernest Luis host Dr Lai Jiunn Herng from Lai Endoscopy and Colorectal Surgery at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre. They discuss the symptoms of colorectal cancer, the No. 1 cancer here in Singapore. They ask...
Aug 28, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Health Check Ep 16: How to get your hawker food fix without risking a heart attack 15:50 mins Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and debunks the myths with expert guests. In this episode, ST correspondent Joyce Teo and podcasting head Ernest Luis host Dr Michael Lim, the medical director of MWH Heart, Stroke & Cancer Centre, who's also the honorary president of the Asian Society of Cardiology. He tells us: - how to get...
Aug 14, 2019•16 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Health Check Ep 15: Forget about raising your good cholesterol? 19:12 mins Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and debunks the myths with expert guests. In this episode, ST correspondent Joyce Teo and podcasting head Ernest Luis host Dr Michael Lim, the medical director of MWH Heart, Stroke & Cancer Centre, who's also the honorary president of the Asian Society of Cardiology. They ask him for tips on how to change lifes...
Jul 31, 2019•19 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Health Check Ep 14: Student burnout - How parents can spot it 11:01 mins Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and debunks the myths with expert guests. In this episode, ST correspondent Joyce Teo and podcasting head Ernest Luis asked Dr Lim Boon Leng, a psychiatrist at Gleneagles Medical Centre, to share more on student burnout . Burnout is a condition that was classified - by the World Health Organisation in late May 2019 -...
Jul 16, 2019•11 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Health Check Ep 13: Burnout - what types are there and how to spot it 10:12 mins Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and debunks the myths with expert guests. In this episode, correspondent Joyce Teo and podcasting head Ernest Luis ask Dr Lim Boon Leng, a psychiatrist at Gleneagles Medical Centre, to share more on burnout . It is a condition that was classified - by the World Health Organisation in late May 2019 - as an occ...
Jul 03, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Health Check Ep 12: Fact-checking common myths about colorectal cancer 9:54 mins Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and debunks the myths with expert guests. ST correspondent Joyce Teo (right) and health reporter Rei Kurohi (left) interview Professor Francis Seow-Choen (pictured centre), a colorectal surgeon from Concord International Hospital. He lays out the facts about colorectal cancer, which is the number one cancer i...
Jun 04, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Health Check Ep 11: How to use the Fast method to recognise a stroke and react quickly 9:11 mins Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and debunks the myths with expert guests. Our guest for this episode is Dr Shekhawat Ravindra Singh (pictured left), an associate consultant at the Department of Neurology at the National Neuroscience Institute. He tells us how to recognise a stroke, also known as a brain attack, as well as ho...
May 21, 2019•9 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Health Check Ep 10: Can schools and parents help boost the cognition and well-being of sleep-deprived Singaporean teenagers? 9:30 mins Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and debunks the myths with expert guests. To discuss why teenagers and students need to sleep more and how insufficient sleep affects them, ST correspondent Joyce Teo and podcasting head Ernest Luis host Prof Michael Chee, the director of the Centre for Co...
May 07, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Health Check Ep 9: Why sleep habits need to be formed when young 9:30 mins Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and debunks the myths with expert guests. ST correspondent Joyce Teo and podcasting head Ernest Luis host Prof Michael Chee, the director of the Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience at the Duke-NUS Medical School, a prominent sleep expert who wants to change how we think about sleep . He was asked the following questi...
Apr 23, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Health Check Ep 8: Can munching on half a plate of mushrooms a week slow mental decline? 9:46 mins Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and debunks the myths with expert guests. ST correspondent Joyce Teo and podcasting head Ernest Luis host two experts from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore to discuss the results of the six-year study they had conducted on more than 600 Singaporeans...
Apr 09, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Health Check Ep 7: Should you limit your child's screen time? 8:04 mins Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and debunks the myths with expert guests. The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said in January 2019, that it would not recommend any age-appropriate time limits because there is not enough evidence that screen time harms a child's health at any age. Instead, it recommends that families negotiate screen ti...
Mar 19, 2019•8 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Health Check Ep 6: Can soursop or ketogenic diets be used to treat and control cancer? 11:20 mins Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and debunks the myths with expert guests. Dr Wong Seng Weng - medical director and consultant medical oncologist at The Cancer Centre - answers the following questions about alternative therapies to treat cancer. Can soursop be used to treat cancer? Also, is there potential harm from taking l...
Mar 04, 2019•11 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Health Check Season 1: Can coffee or a piping hot cup of tea increase your risk of cancer? 10:01 mins Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and debunks the myths with expert guests. Dr Wong Seng Weng - medical director and consultant medical oncologist at The Cancer Centre - answers the following questions. Can drinking coffee increase the risk of getting cancer? What's a safe amount of coffee to drink daily? Four cups? Or is...
Feb 19, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Health Check Ep 4 8:40 mins Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Tuesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and debunks the myths with expert guests. This episode debunks three myths on gestational diabetes, and looks at how expectant mothers here and their spouses should take this topic more seriously, including those planning a family. Co-hosts Joyce Teo, a correspondent with The Straits Times, and head of podcasting Ernest Luis, tackle the myths with Dr Ben Ng, an e...
Jul 27, 2018•9 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Health Check Episode 3 Duration: 10 mins Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Tuesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and debunks the myths with expert guests. This episode targets newly-diagnosed diabetics. How they can work in an exercise routine and balance it with their new condition, or even if they had been very active marathoners previously for example. Host Ernest Luis, together with The Straits Times' correspondent Joyce Teo and assistant news editor Poon C...
Jul 02, 2018•10 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Health Check Episode 2 Duration: 11 mins Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Tuesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and debunks the myths with expert guests. This episode targets diabetics and the general public as well, if they want to avoid diabetes. Get practical dieting tips especially if you have been recently diagnosed with diabetes. How do you navigate when eating out or at hawker centres? How do you keep your portions controlled, to avoid blood glucose lev...
Jun 25, 2018•11 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Health Check Episode 1 Duration: 12 mins Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Tuesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and debunks the myths with expert guests. How has Singapore's war against diabetes panned out so far? Has public awareness increased? Have commercial outlets responded favourably? What more can be done to better engage Singaporeans and help them make more informed decisions on the ground? Join ST's senior health correspondent Salma Khalik as she host...
Jun 18, 2018•12 min•Season 1Ep. 1
