Yoga 'cures cancer,' claims senior Indian government official

[progressoid]

A "cure for cancer" using yoga could be scientifically proven within a year, a senior Indian government official has claimed.

The head of India’s ministry for alternative medicine said researchers at a Bangalore institute were in the process of submitting research showing that yoga techniques could be used to prevent or arrest the disease.

“The institute has found a technique of yoga for the prevention and cure of cancer. They have proved it. The process uses only practising of special asanas [poses],” said Shripad Yasso Naik.

Speaking at a conference in Goa on Saturday, Mr Naik said the technique could be prescribed to patients within a year, once research documents submitted to the ministry had been verified, and could even replace chemotherapy.


...http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/12205310/Yoga-cures-cancer-claims-senior-Indian-government-official.html

I won't deny there are health benefits from doing yoga, but curing cancer?


Also, "India’s ministry for alternative medicine".

[ZombieHorde]

1. I think yoga is kick ass, but I really doubt it cures cancer. nt

[HuckleB]

2. .

[DetlefK]

3. "once research documents had been verified"

[LeftishBrit]

4. At least yoga, unlike some proposed 'cures', probably is genuinely good for health, but it does NOT

cure cancer!

What is it about politicians who fancy themselves as medical scientists: this bloke, the HIV-denialists of South Africa, your Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and our very own David Tredinnick MP (who once claimed expenses for researching links between astrology and health!)

[progressoid]

5. RFK Jr.'s slide into loony land is kind of sad.

Even sadder is that Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm) married him a couple years ago.

Love is blind I guess.