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Technology has another step in helping us with our healthcare. We can now the digital device Alexa for advice if we worried about our health. Alexa is a virtual assistant by the website Amazon.com. It capable of listening to people and answering their questions. As well as voice interaction capabilities, Alexa can to-do lists, music upon voice request, and us the latest news. Now Alexa can our health queries. Amazon has linked up with the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK to add a health advice capability to the software. Alexa will be able to search the NHS website for information and an answer that is agreed on by many health experts.

Alexa's new health advice capability has been with a mixed response. The UK Health Secretary said: "Technology like this a great example of how people can reliable, world-leading advice from the comfort of their home, reducing the pressure on our hardworking doctors and pharmacists." He added: "We want to every patient to better control of their healthcare." Other people say we to be careful about trusting the advice of a piece of software. They say we must to a human doctor if we serious health problems. Other people concerned about privacy. The group Big Brother Watch is worried about hacking. It said: "It's a data protection disaster waiting to ."