The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that an autopsy of Owen Thomas, a University of Pennsylvania football player who committed suicide in April, showed he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy. This disease could have been caused by head trauma and may have led to his suicide. His mother believes Thomas never had a concussion.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when a sudden trauma causes damage to the brain. Accor [...]
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Local Philadelphia College Football Star May Have Suffered Head Trauma before Suicide
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PA Nursing Home Cited for Insufficient Safeguards
A nursing home in Oakmont has been punished by the state and given a provisional license after an 89-year-old woman committed suicide by jumping out her third-story window, reports the post-gazette website. Her son is left full of anguish as to what exactly happened to his mother who had been admitted to the facility in July with heart problems, glaucoma, dementia, and depression. State officials downgraded the Pre [...]
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