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Trainer Muhammet Ali Kardas adjusts the gloves of Nancy Van Der Stracten, 75-year-old suffering from Parkinson’s disease, before they start to practice boxing at a boxing club in the southern resort city of Antalya, Turkey, February 26, 2021.Image: REUTERS/Umit Bektas
PARKINSON S DISEASE

Punching against Parkinson’s, a grandmother boxer fights for her health

Donning shiny gloves and purple sneakers, 75-year-old Nancy Van Der Stracten hops into the boxing ring and starts punching in a fight against severe symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Six years after her diagnosis, the Belgian woman who…

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