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Today's Onion goes to the person with the YouTube ID "MyMigraineTreatment." I'll refer to this person as "MMT." As far as I can tell, MMT has no affiliation with the television station that aired this news segment ore Dr. Sadeghi. It's interesting that the video was general information about Migraine, BUT the title MMT put on it on YouTube is "Migraine Treatment - Get Rid of Migraine Pain Completely." Th edescription of the video says:
Curious, I visited the site. Lo and behold, it's yet another person trying to sell "The Migraine Relief Guide." If that sounds familiar, it may be because I've written about it before. Back in July of 2009, someone asked me if I knew anything about it. I didn't, so I paid the $37 to buy and read it. There wasn't a think in it that couldn't be found somewhere else online free. And it certainly doesn't tell you how to "Get Rid of Migraine Pain Completely" or in 48 hours. "The Migraine Relief Guide" has a money-back guarantee, but I had trouble getting a refund. Fortunately, I had paid with PayPal, and filing a complaint with them resulted in my getting my money back. It just seems wrong to me that MMT posted someone else's video to YouTube to promote their site, which exists to sell this ebook. Interestingly enough, when I posted a comment to this effect on the video on YouTube, they deleted it and blocked me from commenting again. This may be a violation of YouTube's Terms of Service as well. Do you have suggestions for Migraine Pearls or Onions? If so, pleae leave a comment to share your suggestions! Live well,
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When it comes to finding Migraine information online, there's no problem finding a voluminous amount. The problem is whether it's accurate and unbiased. Online information can be bright polished, and valuable - like a pearl - or it can be... well, rough and stinky - like an onion.
This feature, "Migraine Pearl or Onions?," highlights both the gleaming Migraine pearls I come across and the malodorous "Migraine Onions."
Today's Pearl and Onion come from the same YouTube video. The video itself is good and well worth watching...
Today's Pearl goes to FOX 26 News for this interview about Migraines. The one problem I have with it is that Dr. Payman Sadeghi says, "In order to have Migraine, you gotta have servere headache." That's inaccurate. The headache of a Migraine attack can be mild to severe, or you can have what's called acephalgic or silent Migraine - a Migraine that has no headache at all. Other than that, he does quite well. He does a good job listing triggers and encouraging people to keep a Migraine diary. He also make the point that treatment should come from the appropriate specialists.