AI and Your Health: What You Need to Know (And Why You Shouldn’t Be Scared!)

Begin Again with Davina McCall

FlightStory

Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 972 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Begin Again, AI expert and journalist Lara Lewington explores how artificial intelligence is transforming our health for the better. From wearable tech that tracks your every heartbeat to AI that can detect cancer, depression, and even Alzheimer’s before symptoms show, Lara shares the groundbreaking ways machines are helping humans live longer, healthier lives. She talks candidly about what the future of healthcare looks like, why we should stop fearing AI, and how embracing it might just be the key to solving some of medicine’s biggest challenges. Through extensive research and real-world reporting, Lara explains how she is learning to embrace AI and how you can too. From boosting our wellbeing to extending our lives, she reveals why AI is not something to fear but a powerful tool here to help us live longer, healthier, and ultimately happier lives. Lara's Book 'Hacking Humanity': https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/465031/hacking-humanity-by-lewington-lara/9780753561140 👉 Follow us on Instagram: @beginagain 🎥 Watch more on TikTok: @beginagainpod (00:00) Intro (01:50) Should We Fear AI? (05:54) Four Pillars of Wellness (08:08) Importance of Sleep (12:56) Adobe Ad (14:06) Loneliness and Health (18:32) AI in Women’s Health (25:10) Detecting Depression Early (31:31) AI Ethics and Access (37:12) AI Use in Therapy (38:47) AI, Kids, and Disinformation (44:52) Fighting Cancer with AI (49:32) Rethinking Diet with AI (53:34) Biggest AI Myths (55:36) AI and Heart Health (01:02:52) Best Mental Health Apps (01:05:01) Frictionless Tech (01:12:10) Lara’s Key Discovery – Sponsored by: Adobe - http://adobe.ly/Davina Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I have a real fear around AI.
0:03.0	It is taking over very fast, but you are trying to leave us with a more positive feeling around AI.
0:08.8	Yes, everything is changing.
0:10.5	The amazing thing is the power of AI in health is absolutely huge.
0:15.9	None of this is about putting doctors out of the picture.
0:18.2	This is about augmenting them because we are still
0:21.7	spending an average of 25% of our lives from poor health. And then the NHS has got such long waiting
0:27.0	times. Yeah, exactly. We need to be able to close that gap. AI is driving us to an era where we can
0:32.6	delay and possibly prevent disease. AI can see when the patterns change and identify who is likely to get cancer when.
0:40.3	The change in the future of cancer is the biggest change that we're probably going to see within
0:45.7	healthcare.
0:46.3	Yeah, that would be amazing.
0:47.8	It's able to manage risk of heart disease.
0:50.4	You can see the signs of depression before they may even be aware that they have it.
0:54.9	And also when it comes to menopause, one of the big things is that is insane.
0:59.2	Yeah, AI, it's not replacing a human. It just pushes you a little bit in the right direction.
1:03.8	We have to learn it because this is the future. I know this is a big ask, but what was your
1:08.2	biggest discovery? Well, one of the most important things is.
1:14.3	So today I am talking to Laura Lewington.
1:18.0	She is amazing because she has had a very long and illustrious career on television.
1:25.1	She started doing the weather and doing celebrity news and then got into tech and then
1:32.5	got obsessed with tech.
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