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Early Parkinson’s Non-Motor Symptoms Differed by Sex After Levodopa

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A 2026 multicenter Italian cohort followed 216 early Parkinson’s disease patients for 24 months after levodopa initiation and found sex/gender differences in non-motor symptom burden.1 Women had higher anxiety, pain, mobility, and emotional-well-being burden, while men had higher hypersexuality. Research Highlights Longitudinal sample: The study followed 216 early levodopa-naive Parkinson patients, including 139 men and …

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Impulse Control Disorder (ICD): Causes, Symptoms, Treatment

Impulse control disorder (ICD) is an overarching classificatory label given to psychiatric disorders characterized by inability to resist impulses (or urges) that yield deleterious implications.  Examples of impulse control disorders include: compulsive gambling, incessant sexual encounters, and binge shopping.  If unrecognized and/or unaddressed for an extended duration, an impulse control disorder may ruin a person’s: …

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