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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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