CNA938 Rewind - Give your heart a break – More younger people with heart problems in Singapore
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Some Singapore doctors are seeing more younger people coming in with heart problems that could lead to more serious conditions later in life. This, as the number of heart attacks continues to rise. According to a national registry, it now stands at more than 12,000 a year, compared to about 8,000 a decade ago. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman examine this worrying trend with Dr Derek Koh, Chief Physician & Head of Lifescan Medical & Wellness
CNA938 Rewind - It's no monkey business! Spate of cases involving monkeys entering homes
Between Sept 1, 2024, and March 31, 2025, the National Parks Board (NParks) received around 200 reports relating to macaques in Punggol. The authorities have responded to a spate of cases involving wild monkeys entering flats in Punggol by culling some, sterilising others and conducting exercises to herd the animals back into nature areas. How concerning is this monkey business? Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman find out from Kalaivanan Balakrishnan, Chief Executive, Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres)
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CNA938 Rewind - Give your heart a break – More younger people with heart problems in Singapore
Some Singapore doctors are seeing more younger people coming in with heart problems that could lead to more serious conditions later in life. This, as the number of heart attacks continues to rise. According to a national registry, it now stands at more than 12,000 a year, compared to about 8,000 a decade ago. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman examine this worrying trend with Dr Derek Koh, Chief Physician & Head of Lifescan Medical & Wellness
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CNA938 Rewind - Does China's latest economic data show the impact of the tariff war?
China's economy mostly remained resilient in April, but came in below estimates as the country reels from a persistent property and consumption crises, and faces tariff tensions with the US -- prompting authorities to cut benchmark lending rates. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman crunch the data and analyse what's next for Chinese officials with Betty Wang, Lead Economist, Northeast Asia, Oxford Economics
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