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What is BRAINWeek?
Developed by the PAINWeek organization—now in its 16th year of exceptional pain management education—BRAINWeek provides live and digital activities addressing the most frequently diagnosed conditions encountered in clinical practice, with an emphasis on collaborative care among specialists and frontline practitioners. The 2022 conference agenda will include courses on the impact of COVID-19, dementia, epilepsy, hearing loss, migraine, multiple sclerosis, sleep, and stroke, as well as special interest sessions on rare CNS disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder, Huntington’s Disease, Rett syndrome.

BRAINWeek Enduring Content

Differential Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease, Essential Tremor, and Multiple Sclerosis

This course will provide a summary of the most common clinical presentations of Parkinson’s disease, Essential Tremor, and Multiple Sclerosis. Strategies for efficient differential diagnosis of each disease will be reviewed. Existing or emerging biomarkers will be discussed. Finally, the talk will conclude with a brief outline of general treatment strategies and emerging trends and how to proceed if uncertainty remains in the differential diagnosis.

1 CE/CME Credit Hour


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Room Without a View: Meeting the Increased Demand for Mental Health Treatment During COVID-19

As a result of the pandemic, much of society is experiencing increased stress in relation to numerous psychosocial factors. This session speaks to the need for increased mental health resources to cope with anxiety and fear about contracting the virus, increased social isolation, separation from family, job loss, economic uncertainty, and grieving the loss of a loved one to the disease.

1 CE/CME Credit Hour


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Screening & Treatment of Pompe Disease: Clinical Advances in a Changing Landscape

How rare is a rare disease? While the number of people affected by an individual rare disease may be small, the total number of people with a rare diseases—an estimated 25 to 30 million in the United States—is enormous!

What is Pompe disease? It is a glycogen storage disease type II and considered to be a rare inherited autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the gene that encodes for acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA).

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The current estimated annual cost to American society of just nine of the most common neurological diseases is staggering, totaling $789 billion. These conditions include Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, low back pain, stroke, traumatic brain injury, migraine, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, and Parkinson’s disease.

Gooch CL, Pracht E, Borenstein AR. The burden of neurological disease in the United States: a summary report and call to action. Ann Neurol. 2017;81:479-484.

Featured Track from BRAINWeek 2022

Featured Track: Diamond Headache Clinic Part 1

“It’s an epidemic. It’s crazy.” So says Dr. Christopher Rhyne, Director of Clinical Research and Staff Physician at the Diamond Headache Clinic (DHC), a world-renowned treatment center and the very first in its class, founded in 1974.


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Featured Track: Diamond Headache Clinic Part 2

The American Headache Society Physician Statement and the National Headache Foundation agree that if patients are having more than 4 migraine headache days per month, they should really be thinking about prevention medicine. Why? Preventative care is the most critical piece of the puzzle: acute medicine is the least important part.
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BRAINWeek Featured Artcle

Part 1:
Do You Hear What I Hear? The Prevalence and Impact of Hearing Loss

In the United States, approximately 1 in 3 people between the ages of 65 and 74 struggle with hearing loss. Over the age of 75, nearly half the population has difficulty hearing. Not only does hearing loss make it difficult to communicate with clinicians about care, respond to warnings, and lead to feelings of isolation, but studies show that it may be related to cognitive decline. There are major implications surrounding hearing loss and its impact on neurodegeneration and mental health...
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Part 2:
Do You Hear What I Hear? The Prevalence and Impact of Hearing Loss

It is vital for clinicians and patients to realize the severe impact that hearing loss can have on occupational health and daily living. Because many patients are uncomfortable with pursuing treatment options and, particularly, using hearing aids, they may suffer much longer than they need to. Loneliness, lack of connection, depression, and social anxiety are linked to...


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Industry News

New ADHD Therapy Approved!

Read our monthly newsletters, which feature popular blog posts, podcast episodes, scientific spotlights, and our most recent & upcoming events.


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New Approved Therapy for Huntington’s Disease

The N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor is a protein that is present on the surface of neurons and plays a vital role in learning and memory. Abnormal activity of the NMDA receptor is thought to contribute to the death and neurologic dysfunction observed in people with Huntington’s disease (HD) and other neurological diseases.
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Faculty  Interview

Faculty Interview: Part 1
Richard S. Bedlack Jr., MD, PhD, MS

He came in and said ‘Well, this is what it is called. We don’t know why it happens and there’s nothing really that we can do about it. The patient has to go home and get his affairs in order.’ He then just got up and left."
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Faculty Interview: Part 2
Richard S. Bedlack Jr., MD, PhD, MS

How can the microbiome manipulate ALS disease progression? How can this information be used when developing ALS treatments? Dr. Bedlack: “I used to be on Twitter and got a lot of ideas for ALSUntangled.com."
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NEXT Generation:

NEXT Generation: Fiona Barwick, PhD

Sleep disturbance is included as one of the diagnostic criteria in almost every psychiatric condition. Whether it’s depression, anxiety, PTSD, or bipolar disorder with schizophrenia. Even in certain psychiatric conditions where it’s not included, like ADHD, it is very common. So clearly sleep is a problem for every psychiatric disorder. Sleep disorders must be treated...
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