Summary
We're looking at health tech. Our reporter gets hands-on with a new ultrasound system in Kenya helping to keep mothers healthy during pregnancy. And tech for the menopause. Why isn't there more of it ? Also on this edition of Tech Life, the social media platform we used to call Twitter has a new rival. And tech at the Vatican - we interview the Pope's adviser on technology.
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| 0:56.4 | Hello and welcome to Tech Life, the program about technology making an impact on your life. |
| 1:02.8 | I'm Shona McCallum and this week we're looking at health tech. Our reporter gets hands-on |
| 1:07.9 | with a new ultrasound system in Kenya, which is hoped will keep |
| 1:11.5 | mum's healthy during pregnancy. More of that in a moment. Monotech is tech for menopause. |
| 1:18.5 | We look at what's available. Menopausal hot flushes are really an overactivation of your |
| 1:24.9 | sympathetic nervous system or your fight or flight response. |
| 1:29.0 | The social media platform that we used to call Twitter has a new rival. |
| 1:33.8 | And inside the Vatican, I speakations during pregnancy. And this concerns. week's tech life by looking at a problem which affects many women all over the world, complications |
| 2:02.6 | during pregnancy. And this can sometimes lead to death. It particularly affects women living |
| 2:08.8 | in poorer countries or remote areas. Well, in Kenya, a new development in ultrasound could |
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