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Its amazing the apps now available on smart phones and devices.

Now there is one that gives reliability to the rhythm method of contraception.

A new mobile app for monitoring body temperature to track a woman’s menstrual cycle has been extensively trialed and now has been certified as a medical device for contraception by a German regulator. 

The Natural Cycles app records daily temperature and uses an algorithm to plot fertility on an in-app calendar. The app was part of a clinical study in 2016 of one million women and it is claimed that it could be as effective as the contraceptive pill.

The German certification body TÜV SÜD has approved Natural Cycles as a Class IIb medical device.

The app developer now claims that the software is the first of its kind to be certified as a contraception alongside condoms, the pill and intra-uterine devices (IUDs). It is stated that ...

“Our high quality clinical studies, together with the required regulatory approvals, means we can provide women everywhere with a new option for contraception.”

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