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This is an edited recording of the panel discussion that was held at the BFM Health & Living Live 2016 on April 2nd. In Part 2 of 6, presenter/producer Umapagan Ampikaipakan spoke to Dr Zanariah Hussein, Consultant Endocrinologist, Mary Easaw-John, Chief Dietitian of Institut Jantung Negara (IJN), Dr Azani Daud, Consultant Cardiologist,and Dato' Dr Venugopal Balchand, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon to debunk the myths about heart disease, diabetes and hypertension. BFM Health & Living Live 2016 is presented by AIA, The Real Life Company.

You can find all the recordings from BFM Health & Living Live 2016 under the term 'bfmhealth' on bfm.my.

Brands help us assign value to almost everything we buy. But is there a way to know the difference between real and created value? In this episode, TED speakers explore the seductive power of brands.

Celebrated annually on the 8th of June, World Oceans Day is a global day of ocean celebration and collaboration for a better future. We speak to Brett Garling, the Communications Manager of the US-based NGO Mission Blue, which pushes for the protection of marine parks and places that are vital to the health of the ocean. Brett discusses how the ocean is linked to each and every one of us, and the urgent need to save what we have before it's too late.

With the S&P 500 close to an all-time high, the Fed which meets tomorrow to decide on its monetary policy direction which will have to respond to a confluence of factors including a tightening labour market. Dodge Dorland also weighs in on the impending Brexit referendum and its impact on markets.

Journalist Bernd Pickert discusses the coverage of the migrant crisis in Germany and the rise of the far-right across Europe. Bernd is a journalist from Die Tageszeitung or better known as taz, one of the five nationwide newspapers in Germany.

It’s the final episode of our series 50 Shades of Strategy in collaboration with the UCSI Consulting Group. In Episode 1, we talked about the 3 key elements of business - strategy, innovation and leadership. In Episode 2, we talked about business makeovers and the art of being lean and mean. In Episodes 3 and 4, we talked about innovation. And in Episode 5, we spoke about Blue Ocean Leadership and managing and aligning people.  In the last episode, we continue the discussion on leadership and summarise the entire series.

We get you out of bed, to your first cup of coffee or to your first destination of your day with thought-provoking discussions on ideas, people and events shaping all our lives.

Many companies are insistent on buying product from the traditional IT infrastructure vendors. The thought process is that these companies are more established, and are therefore a safer choice than a startup or an up-and-coming company. It’s perfectly understandable, after all, these vendors are the “people we know.”  This school of thought is slowly vanishing, however. Large vendors are increasingly looking less and less like they did just five years ago, if not on the surface then definitely just underneath it. A shift is happening in the IT industry. The “safe choice” in purchasing IT infrastructure is changing as traditional IT infrastructure vendors are increasingly strained and making drastic changes to stay relevant.

The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines:

- HSR joint bid from South Korea & Malaysian firms

- MBSB builds on rights issuance

- Amazon’s new music subscription service

- Bidding for a Buffet lunch

The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines:

- Brexit fears rise in latest poll

- A whole Lotte confusion over their IPO