Health Unfiltered

Across schools, homes and workplaces, mental health shapes how we learn, relate, and perform. Yet many of the struggles adults face at work have roots that trace back to much earlier in life.  In this episode of Health Unfiltered, host Veronica speaks with Dr Hong Lin Feng, Consultant Psychiatrist at Connections MindHealth, about how mental health evolves across life stages — from childhood and ad...

When Gerlaine Lee became a new mum, fatigue didn’t seem unusual. Weight gain? That was just part and parcel of pregnancy — or so she thought. In this episode of Health Unfiltered, Gerlaine shares how these subtleties were easy to explain away, assuming they were attributed simply to the season of life she was in. She later found out she has hypothyroidism.  Host Veronica Chiu also opens up about h...

At 29, Sabrina Loi was looking ahead to the next chapter of her life.  Recently married and making plans to start a family, cancer was the last thing she expected to face, let alone a diagnosis as aggressive as stage 4A uterine cancer. In an instant, the future she had imagined was upended abruptly.  In this episode of Health Unfiltered, Sabrina speaks with host Veronica Chiu about navigating canc...

At 47, Kelvin Loon was used to meeting challenges head on. As a general manager, father, and community volunteer, he had built his life around responsibility, performance, and pushing through difficulty. Then a stroke forced him to reckon with things he had never planned for: losing independence, and the fear that he might only have a few days left to live.   His diagnosis also brought back painfu...

A healthy lifestyle doesn’t always mean a clean bill of health.     Mr Ong Thiam Hock’s life after retirement was full of movement and joy. Daily 10km walks, family trips, and a generally healthy lifestyle gave him every reason to feel confident about his health. Without corporate coverage, screenings simply fell off his routine.  But his daughter noticed the small things he brushed aside, like th...

Chest heaviness. Fatigue. Subtle changes that are easy to dismiss.     For Mr Pow Aik Tong, those quiet signs were the first hint that something wasn’t quite right – even though his annual check-ups had always come back normal.  In this episode of Health Unfiltered, host Veronica Chiu speaks with Aik Tong and his wife, Siang Keow, about the moment a gentle nudge from their daughter led him to go f...

When life feels steady, it’s easy to assume we’re well. James Quek did too. He exercised, ate good, and felt perfectly fine. But then a simple decision to make use of his company health screening benefit changed everything.  In this episode of Health Unfiltered, host Veronica Chiu speaks with James about the moment an abdominal ultrasound uncovered stage 4 kidney cancer – a diagnosis that came wit...

Long hours, indulgent diets, and increasingly sedentary routines are taking their toll, with more people in their 20s and 30s being diagnosed with chronic diseases earlier than ever before.  In this episode of Health Unfiltered, host Veronica Chiu sits down with Dr Marcus Lee, Family Physician and Designated Workplace Doctor, and Dr Roland Xu, a healthcare leader who has worked across the medical...

When Dr. Navreet Pannu had to break the news to a patient that she had breast cancer, the last thing she expected was to be diagnosed with the same condition that very same day.  As a doctor, she understood the importance of screening. But as a patient, the diagnosis came as a surprise, especially since she had no symptoms and no family history.  In this episode of Health Unfiltered, host Veronica...

What happens when you do everything right, yet life still throws you a curveball? At 49, Desmond Seah was fit, active, and symptom-free. A routine health screening, encouraged by his boss, revealed something he never expected: Stage 2 prostate cancer.  In the very first episode of Health Unfiltered , host Veronica Chiu sits down with Desmond to revisit the moment that changed everything. From the...