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progressoid

(50,747 posts)
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 02:23 AM Mar 2016

Yoga 'cures cancer,' claims senior Indian government official

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".

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Yoga 'cures cancer,' claims senior Indian government official (Original Post) progressoid Mar 2016 OP
I think yoga is kick ass, but I really doubt it cures cancer. nt ZombieHorde Mar 2016 #1
. HuckleB Mar 2016 #2
"once research documents had been verified" DetlefK Mar 2016 #3
At least yoga, unlike some proposed 'cures', probably is genuinely good for health, but it does NOT LeftishBrit Mar 2016 #4
RFK Jr.'s slide into loony land is kind of sad. progressoid Mar 2016 #5

LeftishBrit

(41,303 posts)
4. At least yoga, unlike some proposed 'cures', probably is genuinely good for health, but it does NOT
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 05:01 PM
Mar 2016

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

(50,747 posts)
5. RFK Jr.'s slide into loony land is kind of sad.
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 11:00 PM
Mar 2016

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

Love is blind I guess.

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