Thursday's health and safety news from the world of football:
- KPLU-FM in Seattle reported that Seattle Children's Hospital neurosurgeon Jeffrey Ojemann, who thinks a particular brain chemical could hold the key to concussion research, received a National Institutes of Health grant with money from the NFL.
- Fox Sports' Jennifer Floyd Engle wrote that players like Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe have yet to connect the dots about concussions.
- Hawkeye Sports reported that University of Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz credited Dr. Ned Amedola as a silent contributor who does most of his "coaching" behind the scenes.
- KATU-TV in Portland, Ore., looked at expanded guidelines that broaden the youth concussion law in that state.
- WALB-TV in Albany, Ga., featured the new youth concussion law in Georgia.
- WATE-TV in Knoxville, Tenn., and WBIR-TV reported on Tennessee's new concussion law.
-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor