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Aug 2022
24m 21s

Hands-Off Health Tech

Bbc World Service
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<p>We look at two new pieces of health technology which allow medics to treat people without touching them. Breast cancer fatality rates in India are higher than in other countries because women are often reluctant to go for screening. A start up called Niramai wants to change this. They use thermal imaging and machine learning to screen for breast cancer wi ... Show More
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