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07-12-2016, 01:38 AM
Why you should be picky when choosing a fertility app
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Fertility apps promise to simplify a woman's life in an essential way — they can help her avoid pregnancy or understand when she's most fertile.*
But a new study reveals that many of these apps can't live up to their potential. That failure poses a significant risk for women who stake their family planning choices on a smartphone. **
SEE ALSO: Study helps explain why some new moms post **nstop on Facebook (http://mashable.com/2016/05/30/moms-facebook-photos/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The study, which appears in the forthcoming issue (http://www.jabfm.org/content/future/29/4) of The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, identified 95 fertility apps between 2013 and 2015, and developed a tool to evaluate and rank them.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/11/which-fertility-app-is-best/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Fertility apps promise to simplify a woman's life in an essential way — they can help her avoid pregnancy or understand when she's most fertile.*
But a new study reveals that many of these apps can't live up to their potential. That failure poses a significant risk for women who stake their family planning choices on a smartphone. **
SEE ALSO: Study helps explain why some new moms post **nstop on Facebook (http://mashable.com/2016/05/30/moms-facebook-photos/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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