A new app now track a woman's menstrual cycle
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 15-09-2017
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A study published in the journal Contraception found that a smart phone app, approved by the EU in February uses a woman's temperature each day to track her cycle and predict which days are safe to have unprotected sex.
The findings for the app Natural Cycles found that it was 93 percent effective as compared to the Pill, which, if taken correctly, is thought to be 99 percent effective.
According to the creators, a trial involving 4,000 women found it as effective as the Pill in preventing unwanted pregnancies.
The app is the first to be approved specifically for contraception and received class IIb medical device status from a German inspection firm employed by the Department of Health to test the safety of new drugs and medical devices.