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Helping doctors to test heart conditions

The President's Science and Technology Awards are the highest honours given to research scientists and engineers in Singapore for their contributions. Jose Hong highlights this year's winners, who were presented their prizes on Tuesday by President Halimah Yacob.

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Stuart Cook

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Professor Stuart Cook may not be a household name, but the heart-testing device he helped to create in Singapore is used by 10,000 patients a year all over the world.
It tests for 17 heart conditions, including irregular heartbeats and cardiomyopathy, and costs $300.
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