Monday's health and safety news from the world of football:
- Prior to Sunday's game at the Seattle Seahawks, Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgeraldtold The Associated Press he is aware of the risks for coming back too soon from a concussion, which he suffered last Sunday. He said that was his first concussion.
- Health Canal reported that computerized neurocognitive testing for concussions that is widely used in amateur and professional sports has had little research over the past decade to prove its effectiveness, according to a paper published this month in the journal Neuropsychology Review.
- The Houston Chronicle reported that the Pro Football Athletic Trainers Society selected the Houston Texans' medicine staff as the best in the NFL.
- The New York Times reported that payouts are being clarified for retired players with mild dementia in the $765 million concussion settlement for retired players in their lawsuit against the NFL.
- The Sioux City Journal published a Scripps Howard report on a special magnetic resonance imaging method that was able to detect damage to nerve-signal-carrying white matter in the brains of veterans exposed to a blast. That injury is difficult to detect with standard imaging techniques.
- A CBS News report for 60 Minutes talked to a quarterback guru who said prospective future pro quarterbacks are being identified as young as 8 years-old.
- The Columbia Missourian published an editorial from the Kansas City Star, which said preventing concussions should be football's top priority.
-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor
