"Once a week, about a dozen patients come to Ramos Mejía Hospital to dance — a session that uses the movements of tango to help address issues of balance, stiffness and coordination. The goal is to give them approaches to movement that they can use in their daily lives, as well as a social and emotional boost from moving to music."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/health/tango-therapy-parkinsons.html

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Tango Therapy: How the Dance of Passion Is Helping Parkinson’s Patients

Once a week, patients in an Argentine hospital with Parkinson’s disease use the movements of tango to help address issues of balance, stiffness and coordination.

The New York Times