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Exercise Is Key for Parkinson’s Relief. But Bias, Underdiagnosis Hold Black Patients Back.
A few years ago, the organizers of one of the largest U.S. exercise programs for people with Parkinson’s disease realized they had a problem: Most of the students were white. “We’re always asking who’s not in the room, and why are they not in the room?” said David Leventhal, program director for Dance for PD with the Mark Morris Dance Group in New York City. Leventhal and his team went to work. They hired more instructors who spoke Spanish or Mandarin and translated marketing materials, which boosted the number of participants from Hispanic and ethnically Chinese communities. But efforts to recruit Black participants haven’t been nearly as effective, Leventhal said. Exerc

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