C.M. Shifflett

Domestic Abuse and Brain Injury in Women

By C.M. Shifflett | Mar 15, 2017 | Comments Off on Domestic Abuse and Brain Injury in Women

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is caused by a concussion (a blow or jolt to the head) or loss of blood and oxygen supply to the brain.

Solving the Mystery of the Migraine

By C.M. Shifflett | Jul 24, 2015 | Comments Off on Solving the Mystery of the Migraine

Migraine has been recognized for thousands of years but modern research into this painful affliction has been slow. Worse, treatment lags behind medical discoveries that could relieve it, in favor of old beliefs. Researchers now divide migraine into many subcategories, but, in the everyday world, it is still thought of as a single condition, managed only by avoiding all good food and taking expensive but often ineffective drugs.1

Women & Concussion: An Under-Recognized Danger

By C.M. Shifflett | Nov 1, 2014 | Comments Off on Women & Concussion: An Under-Recognized Danger

Two years ago I offered a manuscript on concussion and traumatic brain injury (TBI) to a publisher who had welcomed my previous manuscripts with enthusiasm. This one was declined as too esoteric, too niche, for the publisher to take a chance on it.