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Summer Update

Summer Update

As I prepare to start my Junior year of college and my first season as an undergraduate Varsity Soccer Coach, I cannot help but look back on how my life has been shaped by my experience with concussions and concussion awareness. When I first started...

Brain Trauma Extends to the Soccer Field

Brain Trauma Extends to the Soccer Field

By John Branch FEB. 26, 2014 Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the degenerative brain disease linked to repeated blows to the head, has been found posthumously in a 29-year-old former soccer player, the strongest indication yet that the condition is not limited to...

Skip the homework if you’ve got a concussion

Skip the homework if you’ve got a concussion

Linda Carroll NBC News contributor Jan. 6, 2014 at 12:01 AM ET Kids need to cut back on mental exertion, as well as physical exercise, when they’re recovering from a concussion, a new study shows. Nearly 50 percent of the kids and young adults who didn’t reduce their...

Summer Update

I feel as though a quick update is due from me. The Miami Dade Countywide Concussion Care Program continues to support concussion prevention and treatment and has the foundation to do so for the foreseeable future. I have continued to help peers recover from their...

David Goldstein wins The Silver Knight Award in Athletics

Friday, May 24, 2013 | By Ashlee Quintero The KiDZ Neuroscience Center would like to congratulate David Goldstein on his receipt of The Miami Herald's prestigious Silver Knight Award. According to the Miami Herald website, The Miami Herald Silver Knight Awards is one...

NFL’s Goodell Hopes for Lighter Helmets, Sensors

Mar 11, 6:39 PM EDT BY HOWARD FENDRICH AP PRO FOOTBALL WRITER NEW YORK (AP) -- NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell imagines a day in the not-too-distant future when players could be checked to determine whether their genetic makeup leaves them more likely to develop brain...

New Concussion Guidelines Stress Individual Treatment

By KEN BELSON Published: March 18, 2013 The American Academy of Neurology said Monday that it had revised its guidelines for handling concussions to emphasize treating athletes case by case rather than according to a predetermined scale. The move brings the group more...

Blog Update – What a Year!

Blog Update – What a Year!

2012 was an amazing year for  increasing concussion awareness nationwide.  Over the past year, a vast amount of research has been published that has woken up America to the dangers of concussions. Concussions are in the news now more than ever, which has...