Did Reporter Suffer Stroke on Live TV?

This is a very scary video of what looks very similar to the classic signs of a mini-stroke, or transient ischemic attack (TIA). While dozens of medical specialists across the country have speculated on what exactly she had, no conclusive diagnosis has been released in the media. The difficulty finding or forming words is known as aphasia and can be a harbinger of worrisome neurologic events to come.

Strokes and TIAs are too common in this country and we now have the ability to screen most people to see if they are at increased risk for such events. But start with the basics by controlling your blood pressure, eating healthily and asking your doctor lots of questions.

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Turns out that the working diagnosis of this newscaster's acute aphasia was a complex migraine.

Branson said in a TV interview with her station that the cause was most likely migraine.

That night, she said, she started to get "a really bad headache," and things got strange from there.

"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 in the interview. "I started to think, the words on the page are blurry and I could notice that my thoughts were not forming the way they normally do."