Health Matters

An audiologist reveals how modern hearing aids became sleek tech powerhouses, plus what to expect during the initial adjustment period when everything suddenly sounds louder. On Health Matters, Daniel Martin spoke to Mandy Mak, Audiologist at Hearing Partners Singapore. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Priscilla Gan, Executive Director, Diabetes SG. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You’ve never needed an inhaler. You don’t have asthma or normally experience breathing difficulties. But during this hazy period, after seeing a doctor for breathing difficulties and throat irritation, you’re prescribed one – probably the blue inhaler. Why? Does this mean you’re asthmatic? Daniel Martin spoke to Dr Alvin Ng, Respiratory Physician and Intensivist at O2 Lung Centre, to find out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s more than your throat, eyes or heart health. Coping with the anxiety of worsening haze conditions brings anxious feelings for many. This includes a fear of health implications, uncertainty with unplanned cancellations and changes (eg: to School’s & Exams) and finally just the physical nature of the discomfort like physical side-effects and the seclusion this period brings. Daniel Martin spoke to Dr Jared Ng, Psychiatrist & Medical Director, Connections MindHealth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Associate Professor Chan Cheng Leng, Group Director, Health Products Regulation Group, Health Sciences Authority (HSA) Singapore See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An audiologist explains how it’s not just about volume… age-related hearing loss can also result in the patient not being able to “understand” what is being said. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How will an upcoming ‘Health Communication Passport’ for PWD’s can improve health outcomes, and normalise clinic-visit experiences? Health Matters welcomed Minister of State, Ministry of Digital Development and Information & Ministry of Health, Ms Rahayu Mahzam. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Geraldine Tan, Director and Principal Psychologist of The Therapy Room. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Steve Yang, Consultant Respiratory Physician, The Respiratory Practice. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Prof Lim Wee Shiong, Co-Director of the Healthy Longevity Institute (HELI) and Senior Consultant and Director, Institute of Geriatrics and Active Ageing, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, NHG Health. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Angeline Yong, Dermatologist & Medical Director, Angeline Yong Dermatology. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Calvin Ong, Senior Consultant General Surgeon at Farrer Park Hospital See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Adjunct Associate Professor Raymond Wong, Head of Department of Cardiology, National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Jaclyn Reutens, Clinical and Sports Dietitian at Aptima Nutrition, and an accredited Dietitian with the Singapore Nutrition and Dietetics Association (SNDA). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Png Keng Siang, Senior Consultant Urologist, Farrer Park Hospital See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Jared Ng, Medical Director, Psychiatrist, Connections Mind Health See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Ho Kok Sen, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, Specialist Dental Group See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Professor Louis Tong, Senior Consultant, Corneal & External Eye Disease Dept, SNEC See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Guest: Clinical Assistant Professor Cherylin Fu, Senior Consultant, Colorectal Surgery & Director, Pelvic Floor Disorders Service, SGH See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Leong Hoe Nam, Infectious Disease Physician, Rophi Clinic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Wong Seng Weng, Medical Director & Consultant, Specialist in Medical Oncology, The Cancer Centre. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Kalpana Bhaskaran, Deputy Director and Head of Glycemic Index Research Unit at Temasek Polytechnic See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Steve Yang, Consultant Respiratory Physician at The Respiratory Practice See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Andrea Chan, Group Head of TOUCH Counselling & Psychological Services. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Gina Samaan, Regional Emergency Director for the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Western Pacific See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Soon Sue Rene, Senior Consultant Ear Nose & Throat (ENT) surgeon See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Patrick Lin, Associate Professor in Psychology, James Cook University (Singapore) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Tan Min-Han, Founder, CEO and Medical Director of Lucence. His medical career has involved positions as a consulting medical oncologist. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Tan Shi Ming, Orthopedic surgeon See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Leong Hoe Nam, Senior Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician, Rophi Clinic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Tang Hak Chiaw, Cardiomyopathy and Cardiac Imaging Cardiologist, at Novena Heart Centre See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Jared Ng, Medical Director, Psychiatrist and Senior Consultant of Connections MindHealth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Tang Hak Chiaw, Cardiomyopathy and Cardiac Imaging Cardiologist at Novena Heart Centre See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Lynn Teo, Dermatologist at The Dermatology Practice See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Lim Tian Zhi, Associate Consultant, Department of Surgery, National University Hospital See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Guest: Dr Lynn Teo, Dermatologist at The Dermatology Practice See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Felicia Chin, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Gleneagles Hospital and Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Khoo Kei Siong, Deputy Medical Director, Medical Oncology, Parkway Cancer Centre See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor Tan Ru San, Senior Consultant, Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Muhammad Hafashah, Board Member of the Singapore Nurses Association See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Senior author Professor Eric Finkelstein, Executive Director of the Lien Centre for Palliative Care at Duke NUS Medical School See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Professor Ooi Eng Eong, Emerging Infectious Diseases Signature Research Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Loh Jiashen, infectious diseases specialist at Farrer Park Hospital See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Loh Jiashen, infectious diseases specialist at Farrer Park Hospital See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Zackary Chua, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon from ACME Orthopaedics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Clinical Associate Professor Tan Ngiap Chuan, Director of Research and Primary Care Research Institute, SingHealth Polyclinics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Karen Nadua, Paediatric Consultant, Infectious Disease Service, KK Women's and Children's Hospital See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr. Val Phua, Director of Cataract & Refractive Surgery & Comprehensive Ophthalmic Services, Eagle Eye Centre. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.