Is Laughter the best medicine? We attempt to answer this and other pressing questions in Doctor Vs Comedian. Dr Asif Doja is a pediatric neurologist and Ali Hassan is a stand up comedian and actor (CBC‘s Laugh Out Loud, Designated Survivor, Goon) who are each fascinated by what the other one does. In each episode, Asif picks a topic for Ali from comedy and entertainment and questions Ali about it. Then Ali picks a topic from medicine and health and grills Asif on that subject. We talk about serious subjects in an unserious way. If you want to hear about comedy, entertainment, health and wellness and don‘t want to have to choose between being entertaining AND informed, then this show is for you.
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Friday Mar 24, 2023
Friday Mar 24, 2023
On today’s episode, Asif asks Ali about different comedy styles and why aspiring comedians would choose to adopt a particular style (1:54). He goes over ‘one-liner’, ‘storytelling’, ‘observational’ styles. He then goes over comics who adopt characters, shock/insult comics, prop/magic/music comedians, and political comics. Then Ali asks Asif about obstructive sleep apnea (33:45). Asif talks about his personal experiences with being diagnosed with sleep apnea. He then goes over how common sleep apnea is, the causes, risk factors and symptoms. Asi discusses the warning signs as well as what the testing for sleep apnea entails. Asif then talks about CPAP as a treatment for sleep apnea, as well as other possible treatments.
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Show Notes:
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Shock Humor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_humour
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMcp1816152
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Diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in adults: https://www.cmaj.ca/content/189/48/E1481
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Up, down, or no change: weight gain as an unwanted side effect of CPAP for obstructive sleep apnea: https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.8888
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