Comments on: Can Red Light Stop Migraines? The Magnificent Seven Say Yes! http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/can-red-light-stop-migraines-the-magnificent-seven-say-yes/ Scotty, The Naked Time, stardate 1704.3, Episode 7 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:26:56 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: apgaylard http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/can-red-light-stop-migraines-the-magnificent-seven-say-yes/#comment-332 apgaylard Sun, 01 Jun 2008 09:21:03 +0000 http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/?p=99#comment-332 thorgon: That's a perfectly sensible possible explanation. That would put the blame for the confusion with the reporting of Liberman and his focus on the patients, rather than incidents. thorgon:
That’s a perfectly sensible possible explanation. That would put the blame for the confusion with the reporting of Liberman and his focus on the patients, rather than incidents.

]]> By: thorgon http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/can-red-light-stop-migraines-the-magnificent-seven-say-yes/#comment-331 thorgon Sun, 01 Jun 2008 09:04:45 +0000 http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/?p=99#comment-331 While I fully support your mocking such a small non-blinded study (& I haven't read the original either), I would imagine that the percentages refer to incidents of migraine rather than patients. Over a two-year period, say 14 out of 15 migraines were reported to have been helped by the "treatment" for the two patients. While I fully support your mocking such a small non-blinded study (& I haven’t read the original either), I would imagine that the percentages refer to incidents of migraine rather than patients. Over a two-year period, say 14 out of 15 migraines were reported to have been helped by the “treatment” for the two patients.

]]> By: apgaylard http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/can-red-light-stop-migraines-the-magnificent-seven-say-yes/#comment-317 apgaylard Sun, 18 May 2008 15:55:17 +0000 http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/?p=99#comment-317 dvnutrix: Thanks for the comment. Sorry to hear about your allergy. As a sufferer, I share your scepticism. What are the chances of finding 5 or so atypical sufferers who might say that they found it helpful? If you look for them, I'd say pretty high. dvnutrix:
Thanks for the comment. Sorry to hear about your allergy. As a sufferer, I share your scepticism. What are the chances of finding 5 or so atypical sufferers who might say that they found it helpful? If you look for them, I’d say pretty high.

]]> By: dvnutrix http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/can-red-light-stop-migraines-the-magnificent-seven-say-yes/#comment-316 dvnutrix Sun, 18 May 2008 02:10:44 +0000 http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/?p=99#comment-316 Would being exposed to a blinking red light reduce the symptoms of a migraine? I can't comment on that but a while ago I had an allergic reaction to something that left me with no clear skin and nothing but a continuous scab from my waist to my scalp and ears. Children cried and pointed, women turned their faces and nobody stood within 2 feet of me in either London or Edinburgh at the height of the rush hour. Now, I imagine that if somebody had sprayed me with vinegar, rubbed in some honey and unleashed fire ants onto that scab that would be like wearing googles that exposed me to red blinking lights during a migraine. Do I think that it would help? I appreciate that often you have to run experiments to lend conviction to your "No, I don't think it would" but I would go so far as to say, "No. For sure, no. Under no readily conceivable circumstances, no". Would being exposed to a blinking red light reduce the symptoms of a migraine? I can’t comment on that but a while ago I had an allergic reaction to something that left me with no clear skin and nothing but a continuous scab from my waist to my scalp and ears. Children cried and pointed, women turned their faces and nobody stood within 2 feet of me in either London or Edinburgh at the height of the rush hour.

Now, I imagine that if somebody had sprayed me with vinegar, rubbed in some honey and unleashed fire ants onto that scab that would be like wearing googles that exposed me to red blinking lights during a migraine. Do I think that it would help? I appreciate that often you have to run experiments to lend conviction to your “No, I don’t think it would” but I would go so far as to say, “No. For sure, no. Under no readily conceivable circumstances, no”.

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