This research review details a report published in 2018 titled, “Modern fertility awareness methods: wrist wearables capture the changes in temperature associated with the menstrual cycle.” The review was written by Anastasia G. Xenophontos, a medical student participating in a two-week online elective taught by FACTS executive director, Dr. Marguerite Duane, at Georgetown University School of Medicine.
The number of apps geared toward women’s health continues to rise, but few of them have been tested for efficacy. To this end, some companies and universities have partnered to set standard protocols for this growing field. One such partnership led to an efficacy study of the Dynamic Optimal Timing (DOT) fertility tracking application developed by Cycle Technologies. The ‘femtech’ industry is expected to be a fifty billion dollar industry by 2025; with apps used for family planning and health tracking, proof of efficacy is essential.
By Alison Contreras, PhD February 11, 2018 Part 1 of this article was published last week. Read on for other things to consider as Sweden’s Medical Products Agency investigates Natural Cycles. A large, prospective study on an app-based FABM: it’s just what...
By Alison Contreras, PhD February 8, 2018 Recently, FACTS has been asked more frequently to comment on Natural Cycles, an app developed in Sweden and the only one certified for contraception in Europe. Despite its low rating on our app study published in...
The FACTS/ Natural Womanhood petition asking the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to change its approach to reporting effectiveness rates of FABMs is getting noticed. One response in a May 4, 2017 blog post by Chelsea Polis, a reproductive health epidemiologist with particular interest in
February 1, 2017 by Richard Fehring, PhD, RN Obesity is a risk factor for infertility and is associated with polycystic ovarian syndrome, anovulatory cycles, and other ovarian dysfunctions. The National Institute for Health and Care...
November 17, 2016 by Alison Contreras, PhD, FCP Last month an article in JAMA Psychiatry caused waves when it revealed what many users of hormonal birth control have long suspected: a link between hormonal contraception use and depression [1,2]. This news...
FACTS co-founder Dr. Duane was recently interviewed by Verily magazine about some of the misconceptions surrounding fertility awareness based methods (FABMs) of family planning. Verily is a woman's lifestyle magazine that "empowers and inspires...
As we revealed last week, FACTS has been working on a project reviewing smartphone fertility apps on the market. Due to user demand, there are over 100 fertility apps on the market claiming to help women avoid pregnancy. While most apps are glorified...
by Alison Contreras, PhD and Marguerite Duane, MD, MHA By now almost everyone has heard about Zika, the mosquito borne virus that is linked to microcephaly, a birth defect in which the baby develops a smaller than normal head. First discovered...