Technology has taken another step in helping us with our healthcare. We can now ask the digital device Alexa for advice if we are worried about our health. Alexa is a virtual assistant created by the website Amazon.com. It is capable of listening to people and answering their questions. As well as voice interaction capabilities, Alexa can make to-do lists, play music upon voice request, and give us the latest news. Now Alexa can answer 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 find an answer that is agreed on by many health experts.

科技在帮助我们的医疗保健方面又迈出了一步。如果我们担心自己的健康，现在我们可以向数字设备Alexa寻求建议。Alexa是亚马逊网站创建的虚拟助手。它能够倾听人们的声音并回答他们的问题。除了语音交互功能，Alexa还可以制作待办事项列表，根据语音请求播放音乐，并向我们提供最新消息。现在Alexa可以回答我们的健康问题了。亚马逊已经与英国国家卫生服务(NHS)建立了联系，为该软件增加了健康咨询功能。Alexa将能够在NHS网站上搜索信息，并找到许多健康专家同意的答案。

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

Alexa新的健康咨询功能得到了不同的回应。英国卫生大臣说:“像这样的技术是一个很好的例子，人们可以在舒适的家中获得可靠的、世界领先的建议，减轻了我们努力工作的医生和药剂师的压力。”他补充道:“我们希望让每位患者都能更好地控制自己的医疗保健。”另一些人说我们需要小心不要相信软件的建议。他们说如果我们有严重的健康问题，我们必须去看人类医生。其他人关心隐私。组织“老大哥观察”担心黑客入侵。它表示:“这是一场即将发生的数据保护灾难。”