{"id":31652,"date":"2011-02-20T16:43:50","date_gmt":"2011-02-20T16:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/docs-say-a-migraine%e2%80%94not-a-stroke%e2%80%94caused-reporter%e2%80%99s-on-air-babbling-discoblog\/"},"modified":"2011-02-20T16:43:50","modified_gmt":"2011-02-20T16:43:50","slug":"docs-say-a-migraine%e2%80%94not-a-stroke%e2%80%94caused-reporter%e2%80%99s-on-air-babbling-discoblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/docs-say-a-migraine%e2%80%94not-a-stroke%e2%80%94caused-reporter%e2%80%99s-on-air-babbling-discoblog.php","title":{"rendered":"Docs Say a Migraine\u2014Not a Stroke\u2014Caused Reporter\u2019s On-Air Babbling | Discoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"

It turns out that the news reporter who suddenly began speaking gibberish as she covered the Grammy Awards wasn’t suffering from a stroke–doctors conclude that a migraine is to blame.<\/p>

Serene Branson, a reporter for KCBS-TV, began speaking incoherently during her coverage of the annual music awards ceremony. “As soon as I opened my mouth I knew something was wrong,” Branson told MSNBC<\/a>. “I was having trouble remembering the word for Grammy…. I knew what I wanted to say but I didn’t have the words to say it.”<\/p>

Many internet viewers thought she was stricken by an on-air stroke, but physicians from the University of California at Los Angeles scanned her head and tested her blood, and discovered that she was simply the victim of a migraine. It all started with a strong headache, Branson told MSNBC<\/a>, but then it escalated:<\/p>

“At around 10 o’clock that night I was sitting in the live truck with my field producer and the photographer and I was starting to look at some of my notes,” she said. “I started to think, the words on the page are blurry and I could notice that my thoughts ...<\/p>

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