Centuries-old martial art helps Parkinsons patients in Brazil

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RIO DE JANEIRO Nilma Teles de Freitas, an 80-year-old retired teacher in Brazil who was diagnosed with Parkinsons disease more than a decade ago, says she used to fall over all the time. That changed after she began attending a capoeira class in downtown Rio de Janeiro especially designed for people with the neurodegenerative illness.

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