Yesterday was International Women ’s Day,an occasion rooted in the centuries-old struggle of women to participate in society on an equal footing with men.Let ’s take this time to look at a vital aspect of women ’s lives – the issue of healthfrom birth to the end of life.By PAUL YEO
WHEN a child is born into this world, its destiny is often determined by the presence, or more appropriately, absence, of a tiny strand of protein called the Y chromosome. There is truth in this, though fallacy is often not too far away.