On Health Suites, peritoneal dialysis is a treatment for kidney failure that uses the lining of your abdomen, or belly, to filter your blood inside your body. Such a treatment is gentler than other treatments and can be done in the comfort of your own home. But only 13 percent of those receiving dialysis in Singapore are taking up this treatment. Melissa Hyak speaks to Dr Behram Ali Khan, Medical Director at The National Kidney Foundation to find out more about peritoneal dialysis and the benefits for those needing treatment for kidney failure.

On Health Suites, peritoneal dialysis is a treatment for kidney failure that uses the lining of your abdomen, or belly, to filter your blood inside your body. Such a treatment is gentler than other treatments and can be done in the comfort of your own home. But only 13 percent of those receiving dialysis in Singapore are taking up this treatment. Melissa Hyak speaks to Dr Behram Ali Khan, Medical Director at The National Kidney Foundation to find out more about peritoneal dialysis and the benefits for those needing treatment for kidney failure.

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Fill your workday afternoon with keen conversations that will inspire and inform with a slew of programs from Eco Money &amp; Money in the Market to What’s Trending. Get your daily review of market movements in Market View and Money in the Market that explores important investment news that might affect movements for the rest of the day.

The Afternoon Update with Hongbin Jeong

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Health Suites: A gentler treatment for kidney failure that can be done at home

Ether has been making big moves in recent moves, and that's as all eyes are on the US Securities and Exchange Commission and whether they will approve an exchange-traded fund for the cryptocurrency. But some issuers are not confident the SEC will give the greenlight to the ether applications. Meanwhile, Hong Kong, earlier this week, has given initial approval to its first spot bitcoin and ether exchange traded funds. So why is there a divergence between these regulatory approaches, and what implications could this hold for the cryptocurrency space moving forward? On Money in the Market, Hongbin Jeong speaks to Carney Mak, Partner at FXHB Asset Management, to find out more. 

Ether has been making big moves in recent moves, and that's as all eyes are on the US Securities and Exchange Commission and whether they will approve an exchange-traded fund for the cryptocurrency. But some issuers are not confident the SEC will give the greenlight to the ether applications. Meanwhile, Hong Kong, earlier this week, has given initial approval to its first spot bitcoin and ether exchange traded funds. So why is there a divergence between these regulatory approaches, and what implications could this hold for the cryptocurrency space moving forward? On Money in the Market, Hongbin Jeong speaks to Carney Mak, Partner at FXHB Asset Management, to find out more.

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On What’s Trending, we will be talking about the interests, aspirations, and history of Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who will be succeeding Prime Minister Lee Hsien Long on May 15.

On What’s Trending, we will be talking about the interests, aspirations, and history of Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who will be succeeding Prime Minister Lee Hsien Long on May 15.

What's Trending: What you didn’t know about Lawrence Wong

Large US banks kicked off the first-quarter earnings report season. However, results fell shy of projections. Regardless, big banks’ results have offered the latest window into how the US economy is faring amid uncertainty in the interest-rate trajectory as inflation remains sticky. On Money in the Market, Hongbin Jeong speaks to Wong Kok Hoong, Head of Equity Sales Trading, Maybank Securities, to find out more about the potential impacts of these earnings reports on market sentiment and investment strategies.

Large US banks kicked off the first-quarter earnings report season. However, results fell shy of projections. Regardless, big banks’ results have offered the latest window into how the US economy is faring amid uncertainty in the interest-rate trajectory as inflation remains sticky. On Money in the Market, Hongbin Jeong speaks to Wong Kok Hoong, Head of Equity Sales Trading, Maybank Securities, to find out more about the potential impacts of these earnings reports on market sentiment and investment strategies.

Health Suites: A gentler treatment for kidney failure that can be done at home

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