Thread: Patients with Parkinson's disease get better with dance lessons, especially the tango
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Old 08-11-2013, 06:36 AM
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Daily Mail article on dancing;

"Dancing the tango or an Irish jig may improve symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.

New research shows that after dancing twice a week, patients were able to take up physical activities that they had been unable to perform since developing the disease."

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...#ixzz2beucCvCP

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