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 the breathlessness he kept attributing to age. At her urging, he went f...

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 for a health screening. What it uncovered was unexpected: a vas...

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 without a single sign. What followed was a whirlwind of scans, a tumour that doubled in size in...

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 and insurance sectors in Asia, to discuss how prevention must start long before symptoms app...

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 Chiu sits down with Dr. Navreet to explore what early detection looks like through a...

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 shock of diagnosis to the strength that followed, they explore how instinct, support, and ear...