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Neurology and Women's Health, Part 5: Parkinson's and Movement Disorders
Not all neurological diseases pose a greater risk for women. For Parkinson’s disease, women are less likely to develop the diseases and usually do so at a later age. Still, Parkinson’s and other movement disorders pose unique concerns for women, including lower access to home care and a higher risk for some side effects. In our final entry in our Women’s Health and Neurology series, Anna Bjornsdottir, MD, discusses possible reasons for these discrepancies, which range from different environmental exposures between men and women to possible neuroprotective effects of estrogen.