Canada approves app for birth control, but experts urge caution
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Canada approves app for birth control, but experts urge caution
Description
February 9, 2024
An app previously sold in Canada as a fertility tracker, Natural Cycles, has been approved by Health Canada as a form of birth control, and it has some women trading in the pill for the smartphone application. But as Sean Previl explains, some doctors say relying on a smartphone app to deter pregnancy is "playing with fire."
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Canada approves app for birth control, but experts urge caution01:33 | February 9, 2024 -
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Health Matters: Former MB chief psychiatrist challenges law allowing 72-hour detention of people high on drugs02:32 | April 21, 2026 -
Traces of fentanyl, other drugs found in Ontario fish: researchers01:33 | April 20, 2026 -
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Multiple brands of shredded cheese recalled over listeria risk00:34 | April 4, 2026 -
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Canada approves app for birth control, but experts urge caution01:33 | February 9, 2024
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‘Smoke-free generation’: U.K. bans people born after 2008 from purchasing cigarettes01:59 | 1 hour ago
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Health Matters: U.K. lawmakers approve lifetime smoking ban for people born after 200802:09 | 8 hours ago
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Doctors concerned about disconnect in health information systems, survey reveals02:03 | April 21, 2026
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Health Matters: Former MB chief psychiatrist challenges law allowing 72-hour detention of people high on drugs02:32 | April 21, 2026
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Traces of fentanyl, other drugs found in Ontario fish: researchers01:33 | April 20, 2026
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‘Women in Scrubs’ program at St. Michael’s hospital in Toronto encourages women to ‘dream big’ and pursue higher roles in medicine02:01 | April 18, 2026
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Health Matters: Ontario looks to change medical residency priority rules02:23 | April 17, 2026
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Canada approves app for birth control, but experts urge caution
Description
February 9, 2024
An app previously sold in Canada as a fertility tracker, Natural Cycles, has been approved by Health Canada as a form of birth control, and it has some women trading in the pill for the smartphone application. But as Sean Previl explains, some doctors say relying on a smartphone app to deter pregnancy is "playing with fire."
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