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FDA approves contraceptive app Natural Cycles
The FDA has now granted marketing approval to an app that tracks a user’s temperature and menstrual cycle in order to determine which days they are fertile and which days they aren’t. The contraceptive app, called Natural Cycles, was approved in Europe last year. “Consumers are increasingly using digital health technologies to inform their everyday […]
The Importance of Sleep Cycles on Productivity (+ Tips to Improve Yours)
Sleep is the best cure for most problems we encounter and affects our ability to face challenges head on and be more productive every day.We know surprisingly little about our own sleep cycles, the benefits of getting a good night’s sleep, or how we can hack and influence our sleep patterns to become more creative […]
Economists still lack a proper understanding of business cycles
THE aftermath of the 2007-08 financial crisis ought to have been a moment of triumph for economics. Lessons learned from the 1930s prevented the collapse of global finance and trade, and resulted in a downturn far shorter and less severe than the Depression. But even as the policy remedies were helpful, the crisis exposed the […]
For Contraception, Natural Cycles’ Guess Is as Good as Yours
When use of a contraceptive app results in an unwanted pregnancy, don’t blame the technology. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a61206227af4c6646bda673/master/pass/phone_contraceptives-01-FINAL.jpg
How Google, porn, and the birth of Jesus may explain human reproduction cycles
Enlarge / 26th December 1936: Father Christmas getting a kiss under the mistletoe. (credit: Getty | E. Dean) ‘Tis the season to be frisky. According to a new study this week in Scientific Reports, Christmas in the US often sees a spike in Google searches for sexy time topics and a surge in Tweets dripping […]
How CYCLES + SEX Busts Myths and Taboos About Sex, Reproductive Health, and Gender
LA readers should head to this weekend’s CYCLES + SEX, an all-day event at The Springs in DTLA that brings together the top experts and leaders in the areas of sexual and reproductive health to talk all things hormones, menstruation, gender, body awareness, and more. Speakers include actress and filmmaker Rickie Lake (The Business of […]
Internet Noise cycles through random websites to fight back against snooping ISPs
This week, Congress voted to allow internet service providers to sell users’ web browsing histories, rolling back FCC rules passed under the Obama administration. Activists have already roundly criticized the vote as a win for a telecom industry eager to help sell targeted ads, but there’s one new idea on what users can do to […]
