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Utah study finds one third of prep concussions were unreported

Tuesday's health and safety news from the world of football:

  • The Ogden Standard-Examiner reported that new data from the Utah Department of Health Youth Risk Behavior Survey showed that more than a third of high school students who played sports in 2013 and had symptoms of a concussion never told anyone.
  • Daily Rx reported on a new study that says lower back injuries are the third most prevalent injury suffered by young athletes.

-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor