Health News Digest: The Quirky Side

Tina Carmillia | Chua Ern Teck

24-Jan-17 16:00

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We discuss the latest in health news. This week, we explore the quirky, offbeat side of health and medicine: Eating competitions, virtual reality in healthcare and the rise of fake health news.

0:00 - Intro

2:54 - Competitive eating

11:08 - Virtual reality in healthcare

21:32 - Fake health news

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Tags: The Bigger Picture, Health and Living, Takeru Kobayashi, eating competition, food league, stroke, childbirth, mental health, virtual reality, VR, fake news, david wolfe, food babe, broscience, health news digest

Today’s Shows

11:00 AM

Best of Enterprise

(REPEAT) Weihan Chen, Head of Insights at Momentum Works discusses the future of the food delivery sector in the region.

12:00 PM

Popcorn Culture

(REPEAT) The Popcorn Culture team reviews the latest season of The White Lotus, and talks about other displays of wealth on screen.

1:00 PM

Cruise Control

(REPEAT) The 2025 Toyota Camry is sleek and definitely reliable, but comes with a heftier price tag. So, is it worth it? Daniel Fernandez from dsf.my shares his thoughts.

2:00 PM

Matt-Splained

(REPEAT) Richard Bradbury and Matt Armitage tackle the complex world of sleepy optimism and take a side quest into blinking.

3:00 PM

Earth Matters

(REPEAT) The Earth Matters team talks to the conservationists that are helping to protect Bukit Kiara, and the importance of what they do.

4:00 PM

Bar None

(REPEAT) Former national cyclist Edwin Ng joins the show to share her journey of becoming an athlete and his continuous involvement in the scene after retirement.

5:00 PM

BBC World Service

BFM presents the BBC World Service, which provides in-depth coverage of issues from around the world.

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