# AI in Medicine: Friend or Foe? - Itchy and Bitchy

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/itchy-and-bitchy-podcast-397229/ai-in-medicine-friend-or-foe
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/itchy-and-bitchy-podcast-397229/ai-in-medicine-friend-or-foe.md
Podcast: [Itchy & Bitchy Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/itchy-and-bitchy-podcast-397229)
Published: 2026-02-28T23:48:43+00:00
Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-in-medicine-friend-or-foe-itchy-and-bitchy--70367528
Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70367528/iab_120.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/itchy-and-bitchy-podcast-397229/episodes/ai-in-medicine-friend-or-foe
Duration seconds: 1142

## Resource

Karen explains how AI is already being used in healthcare, from helping find polyps during colonoscopies to speeding documentation. She also covers the biggest concerns, including the possibility of errors, bias, privacy risks, and over-reliance. Visit our website itchyandbitchy.com to read blog posts on the many topics we have covered on the show. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/itchy-bitchy-podcast--4303608/support . Itchy & Bitchy: Have you felt dismissed, misdiagnosed, or gaslit by a broken medical system. From gut health, hormones, autoimmune disease, chronic pain, holistic health, and alternative medicine ... medical gaslighting, patient advocacy , or misdiagnosis we’ll call that too. For chronic illness warriors, self-advocacy seekers : WE OFFER No BS

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/itchy-and-bitchy-podcast-397229/episodes/ai-in-medicine-friend-or-foe/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/itchy-and-bitchy-podcast-397229/ai-in-medicine-friend-or-foe.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.