Stratamark

04/08/2020

01/09/2017

Having children is a wonderful experience, but motherhood can produce some significant changes to a woman's body.

23/08/2017

For years, mothers-to-be have been told to cut back on exercise and take it easy despite the positive effects on body and mind. So how much is OK – and what workouts are recommended?

03/08/2017

Canadians, for stretch marks try a topical treatment such as Stratamark ($40, Shoppers Drug Mart). This gel forms a thin but essential occlusive barrier on the skin to create an optimized environment to normalize and hydrate the collagen synthesis process, which will lead to repaired skin. The gel is non-sticky, dries quickly and is transparent, so it can be applied any time. Reduced appearance of stretch marks is apparent in as little as a month, which is all the more reason to grab a tube and start applying now!

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29/04/2017

Postpartum hemorrhage, which kills 100,000 women in developing countries, can be treated with a nearly forgotten blood-clotter invented in the 1950s.

16/02/2017

The rate of neurodevelopmental problems also declined slightly in babies born after 22 to 24 weeks gestation.

13/02/2017

A new program in New Jersey aims to reduce infant mortality by distribute tens of thousands of so-called baby boxes.

09/02/2017

Women whose breasts are predominantly made up of more dense, glandular tissue face higher odds for breast cancer, a new study finds. The researchers added that, based on their study of 200,000 women, breast density may be the most important gauge of breast cancer risk, eclipsing family history of the disease and other risk factors.

(HealthDay)—Women whose breasts are predominantly made up of more dense, glandular tissue face higher odds for breast cancer, a new study finds.

21/12/2016

Rebecca Judd has credited a $99.95 bottle of cream from Switzerland for keeping her stretch mark free during her recent pregnancy with twins.

29/06/2016

Australian blogger Sophie Cachia caught criticism when she announced her second pregnancy to the Internet at just nine weeks. Was she wrong?

04/06/2016

Researchers say child care demands created a need for higher IQs—a hotly disputed view

02/06/2016

The rate of triplet and higher-order births rose rapidly during the 1980s and 1990s, but that trend has ended.

The decline, which comes after a rapid rise in the 1980s and ’90s, occurred between 1998 and 2014, according to a new report.