Yoga 'cures cancer,' claims senior Indian government official

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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".