RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Nilma Teles de Freitas, an 80-year-old retired teacher in Brazil who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease more than a decade ago, says she used to fall over all the time. That ...

Capoeira, a form of martial art disguised as dance, is now being used in Brazil to help patients with Parkinson's disease. The patients say the specific movements of this once-outlawed exercise are ...

Capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art, is a dialogue of the body, said Francesca Zogaib, president and co-owner of the Little Brazil Capoeira Academy in Cedar Falls. At the academy, players aim to ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Nilma Teles de Freitas, an 80-year-old retired teacher in Brazil who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease more than a decade ago, says she used to fall over all the time. That ...

Twice a week, a group of Parkinson’s patients gathers in the Lapa neighbourhood to practise capoeira, a centuries-old mix of martial arts, dance, and music once outlawed in Brazil. Their instructor, ...

MOLE, Democratic Republic of the Congo – It is midday at Mole refugee camp, and the sun is high as a group of refugees start playing capoeira on the red brown earth. Rhythmic beats fill the air as the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Nilma Teles de Freitas, an 80-year-old retired teacher in Brazil who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease more than a decade ago, says she used to fall over all the time. That ...