Rancho Los Amigos Scale
hideThe Rancho Los Amigos Scale (a.k.a. the Rancho Los Amigos Cognitive Scale and the Rancho Scale) is a medical scale intended to assess the level of recovery of brain injury patients and those recovering from coma. It is named after the Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center.
The scale is from one to ten.
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of adults aged 70 or older found that increased servings of fruits and vegetables were significantly associated with a decrease of cognitive impairment, and that those eating three or more servings ...
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Nov 18, 2009 |
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Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A gene associated with longevity in roundworms and humans has been shown to affect the function of stem cells that generate new neurons in the adult brain, according to researchers at the Stanford University ...
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Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For years, it has been widely assumed that older adults may experience memory loss and other cognitive problems following surgery. But a new study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine ...
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Nov 13, 2009 |
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Nov 09, 2009 |
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Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Oct 30, 2009 |
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Nov 16, 2009 |
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Unravelling the pathology of dementia
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Combination therapies to tackle multiple changes in the brain may be needed to combat the growing problem of dementia in ageing societies, according to a study published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine. The st ...
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Nov 09, 2009 |
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Nov 09, 2009 |
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute have formed a collaboration to provide proton therapy for St. Jude patients. The announcement follows the approval of the first ...
