Television

Serene Branson: Docs say it was a migraine *

Channel 2 reporter Serene Branson will tell anchor Pat Harvey tonight at 11 that her on-air emergency at Sunday's Grammys has been blamed on a migraine that mimicked stroke symptoms: dizziness, nausea and garbled speech. "I feel good,ā€ Branson said. ā€œIā€™m finally starting to feel like myself again.ā€ Here's a preview:




Channel 2 has turned her medical situation into a station promo.

* Update: A "complex migraine," said Dr. Neil Martin, chief of neurosurgery at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, who received permission from Branson to discuss her condition. Branson will appear Friday on CBS' "The Early Show" and later on "The Talk."


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