Foreword

Dear readers

Increasingly, health is not just about curing but preventing, and in many ways enhancing as well. This is so true as people become more conscious about how medicine and medical advancements can improve their lives in every way.

As it has always been, women are the "health guardians" in the family, whether we are daughters looking out for ageing parents, wives concerned about husbands or mothers caring for children and their growing needs.

However, in our multifaceted roles, it's sometimes too convenient to forget our health obligations to ourselves.

This guide aims to address all the health issues we women are interested - or should be interested - in.

Whether it's expert advice on how to start or continue with a family, allaying the fears we are too embarrassed to talk about, or ways to look lovelier with a little help from aesthetic procedures, All Woman! is all about glowing with health!

Now is the best time to start. We can all strive to be hip, healthy "heroines" - for the well-being of you and your family. Start with the facts, and proceed from there. SingHealth has top-notch services you can tap on.

Get going! Or, as we prefer to put it, Get Glowing!

Mrs Karen Koh
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Singapore Health Services (SingHealth) and
Singapore General Hospital