Finnish footballer pauses career after alarming heart symptoms; French court links flight attendants cancer to work

Finnish soccer player Netta Koso has paused her career after experiencing alarming heart symptoms following a training session, she told Helsingin Sanomat on Saturday. Koso said she returned home from practice, began removing laundry from the washing machine, and suddenly felt unwell, forcing her to sit down. Checking her heart rate monitor, she found her pulse still at 110 beats per minute three hours after training—far above her normal resting rate .

Koso, who has balanced top-tier soccer with regular employment, described the challenges of combining elite athletics with everyday work life. She noted that such a dual career holds limited value in the job market, according to the same interview .

Meanwhile, a French court this week recognized breast cancer as an occupational disease for a flight attendant, linking her illness to years of in-flight work, night shifts, and high-altitude exposure, RTL Nieuws reported on Saturday. The ruling underscores ongoing concerns about the health risks faced by airline crew members .

Separately, a growing body of research highlights the dangers of certain sports, with wingsuit BASE jumping emerging as one of the most lethal. A study in *Wilderness & Environmental Medicine* analyzed 180 BASE jumping fatalities, finding that 39 involved wingsuit use. Of those, 49% died from cliff impacts and 46% from ground collisions, with trajectory miscalculations cited in 17 cases. Another investigation recorded 223 BASE jumping deaths between 2007 and 2017, including 137 wingsuit-related fatalities, with 96% of deaths caused by impacts. Research from Norway’s Kjerag massif documented nine deaths per 2,317 jumps and 82 non-fatal accidents per 254 jumps, estimating BASE jumping’s risk of injury or death at five to eight times higher than traditional skydiving .

Medical professionals have also weighed in on high-risk hobbies, with emergency doctors and paramedics frequently citing motorcycling as the most dangerous. One emergency medicine specialist told a Reddit discussion that motorcycle accidents often result in the most severe traumas they encounter, calling the vehicles “organ donor cycles” due to the frequency of fatal crashes. A former paramedic and firefighter added that they had never seen a motorcycle accident with a positive outcome, citing distrust in other drivers as a key factor. Others recounted personal experiences, including a competitive motorcyclist whose father, despite decades of riding, advised his son never to take up the hobby due to the high rate of fatalities and disabilities among peers .

Electric bicycles and scooters were also flagged by medical workers as growing sources of serious injuries.