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Parkinson's disease: Yoga to the rescue

April 11, 2007
According to Dr Maria Barretto, coordinator of PDMDS, there are about 350-400 people suffering from Parkinson's Disease in the society.

Following the sessions, a presentation quoting World Helath Organisation figures said that by the year 2015 there will be 531 million elderly people in the world out of which 22 percent will be in India. Experts present on the occasion were of the opinion that this would imply an automatic rise in the number of PD patients.

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