Friday's health and safety news from the world of football:
- The Monday Morning Quarterback wrote about young researchers working with the National Institutes of Health to study concussions in mice in real time. The story focused on Stanford graduate Theo Roth, who appealed to Dr. Dorian McGavern to work on an NIH project.
- WROC-TV in Rochester, N.Y., looked at a study by University of Rochester Medical Center researchers involving helmet sensors.
- Dr. Rashmi Bhatnagar wrote for the Ahwatukee Foothill News the importance of wearing a mouth guard in football during National Face Protection Month.
- The Cecil Daily reported that a concussion sensor bill aimed at student athletes' safety died without a vote.
- The Tulsa World reported that Union High School in Tulsa, Okla., became the first school in a Plains state to win the Safe Sports School award by the National Athletic Trainers Association.
- Dr. Robert Pearl wrote for Forbes about the changing way in which concussions are treated and the return-to-play protocols.
-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor
