Research points toward the early onset of dementia, CTE and other major health risks with repeated hits to the head. Just ask any former professional football player!

Concussions are in the news again. Andrew Bucholtz on Yahoo! Sports Canada penned an indepth and interesting article centered around CFL star quarterback Matt Dunigan who is now retired. Dunigan is feeling the long term effects of multiple concussions suffered during his playing years and as such has persuaded his son, a very promising athlete, to give up the sport of football. Dunigan's son Dolan had already suffered several concussions from playing the game.

Both Dunigan's story and the Bucholtz article point out the concerning problem of concussions in sports. As a former pro player, Dunigan says he may have chosen a different path had he known the concussions have affected the rest of his life. The macho NFL will pooh pooh him as a wimpy CFL player but concussions are serious business. Read the article and decide for yourself.

Two other sports stories of interest caught my eye today - no they are are not exactly health related, but they are worth noting.

The first one is the traditional throwing of an octopus onto the ice during the NHL playoffs. An octopus! Really? Now I'm all for sports, traditions, symbolism etc, but an octopus? And of all people, the NHL VP of Communications Frank Brown says it's a tradition worth continuing. Maybe someone should throw Frank Brown out on the ice and slap him around a bit. I would have inserted a you tube video here but I don't want to lend any credibility to these morons!

The second one comes from Australia where there about 30 bull sharks in a water hazard on the Carbrook Golf Club in Queensland. Now THAT'S a hazard. On second thought, maybe someone should take Frank Brown golfing in Australia.

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Leslie Kollar has over 20 years of experience in the health care field in both the U.S. and Canada. She has worked professionally in medical offices and hospital administration, using her BA in Communications/Public Relations and MBA in Marketing. She has also seen the other side of the health care coin as a 15 year cancer survivor. As a survivor she is passionate that each and every person is and should be responsible for their own health - and with this passion she hopes to inspire, inform and educate through HealthWorldNet. Leslie can be reached at LK Communications [email protected]