Here you will find news releases from the International Stroke Conference 2006. These are posted daily, beginning Feb. 16, 2006.

Thursday, February 16, 2006

• Stroke patients arriving to ER by ambulance treated differently than walk-ins (9:00 a.m. EST)
• Newly diagnosed diabetics and young adults with diabetes have higher stroke risk (9:00 a.m. EST)
• Kids improve grades on stroke recognition with new program (9:00 a.m. EST)
• American Stroke Association honors Boston neurologist, four others (11:00 a.m. EST)
• Hospitals improve stroke care with guideline-driven approach (2:00 p.m. EST)

Friday, February 17, 2006

• Medicare payments for stroke care not keeping pace with costs (9:00 a.m. EST)
• Amount of past smoking may affect stroke risk (9:00 a.m. EST)
• Drug use linked to brain hemorrhage in young adults (9:00 a.m. EST)
• Cost of strokes in Hispanics predicted to skyrocket (9:00 a.m. EST)