Friday's health and safety news from the world of football:
- Chargers.com reported that the San Diego Chargers continue to provide the largest privately funded gifts to San Diego schools.
- StLouisRams.com reported on the team's 19th Annual Make-A-Wish Celebrity Server Dinner, an event that linebacker James Laurinaitis has been hosting since 2010
- KCNC-TV in Denver featured a researcher from the University of Texas Sciences Center in San Antonio who is attempting to develop a pill to alleviate the effects of concussions.
- WBBM-TV in Chicago reported on the Brain Network Activation, a device being used at five area clinics to diagnose concussions in youth athletes.
- KEYE-TV in Austin, Texas, reported on a concussion clinic industry is growing as awareness spreads.
- WFMJ-TV in Youngstown, Ohio, reported on a school district that is using new concussion detection technology.
-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor