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1st item from "The Independent" an English broadsheet "How does the moon affect us?"
Depression, Accidents, even suicide - are all more common when the moon is full. Why?
By Roger Dobson
14 December 2000
At the Transylvania Community Hospital, they expect the worst when the full moon rises.
It's the night when jokers are prone to ring, seeking advice about unexplained teeth-
marks on a girlfriend's neck, or asking if the blood bank does night deliveries.
But the hospital in North Carolina is far from being the only medical centre to get
extra business around the time of the full moon. Research suggests that a huge range
of real diseases, painful disorders and odd behaviours mysteriously peak around that
time.
The latest lunar research from Leeds University shows that GPs in Britain are likely
to see 30,000 more patients than normal tomorrow because of the effect of the full
moon earlier this week. The team, which looked at a dozen lunar cycles, found that
the number of GP consultations in the UK peaks five to six days after the full moon.
Just what causes the increase is not known, but the results of other studies suggest
that just about any medical condition could be responsible for the so-called lunar
syndrome. Various studies have so far shown that gout, pseudo-gout, lunacy, alcoholism,
epilepsy, menstrual cycles, casualty-unit admissions, road accidents, absenteeism,
anxiety, depression, sexual activity, homicides, insomnia and diarrhoea are influenced
by the full moon.
Diet, too, is subject to a lunar effect, with an 8 per cent increase reported in
average meal sizes on the day of the full moon, and a 25 per cent hike in drinking
rates. Researchers in Italy have also found that births, at least in Fano, tend to
be clustered around the full moon.
Even fish and insects are not immune. Diverse research teams have discovered that
when there is a full moon, the dust mite is not so active, the giant tiger prawn
eats more and the belted sandfish is more sexually active.
The idea that the full moon has an effect on human and animal health and behaviour
goes back at least to Roman times and shows no sign of going away. Indeed, one
American study found that the belief in a lunar effect among health professionals
is waxing rather than waning.
But, despite the links between the full moon and increases in myriad diseases and
disorders, the actual mechanism remains elusive. In the latest research, Dr Richard
Neal of Leeds University says that the reason why more GP appointments take place
after a full moon is unclear: "We can speculate neither as to what the nature of
these moon-related problems may be, nor what mechanism underpins such behaviour.
Many explanations could be put forward, but we don't know and we probably never
will," he says.
It has also been proposed that if the gravitational force of the moon is sufficient
to cause the oceans to rise, it may also affect the glands and organs. Some people
are affected more than others, it's suggested, because they are borderline cases
that are tipped over into ill health every month by the power of the moon.
Dr Mikulecky Rovensky proposes that gout attacks may peak at the full moon because
of the changing geomagnetic fields; Dr Arnold Lierber suggests the biological tide
theory, in which the moon exerts a pull on the water within the body, resulting in
a cascade of effects. Internal body rhythms may also be implicated, as could the
effects on the pineal gland of the light emitted by the moon or a slightly warmer
temperature triggered by the full moon.
Although some conditions, especially depression, anxiety and behavioural problems,
have long been associated with a full-moon effect, other conditions, such as
diarrhoea, are more recent.
One of the explanations as to why the full moon should have such an effect is
that its small gravitational effect has an unbalancing effect on pathogens,
making the body more toxic.
Despite the large amount of research and the wide range of different theories,
though, scientific proof remains as elusive today as it was 2,000 years ago.
And, of course, there are the sceptics who say that talk of a dark side to the
moon is simply rubbish. All down to coincidence, they say.
But there are also those who are more open-minded about it all. Dr Raj Persaud,
consultant psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital, says: "I am open-minded as to
whether there is an effect, but even the research that supports it tends to find
it is a small effect, which only emerges when you study a large number of people.
The issue is not just whether there is an effect, but even if there is effect,
is it really worth bothering about?
"People are intrigued by it. I think that a lot of people think there is a big
effect because they can see the moon clearly has an effect on tides. People
extrapolate from that and say it must be having an effect on them because they
are 70 per cent water. What they don't realise is that the nearest large building
to them is having a much bigger gravitational impact on them than the moon is.''
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"Perceptions" notes:-
What a farrago of pseudo-science these 'experts' can produce when trying to
talk-down to the media.
First -
pseudo-scientific use of "gravitational" and 'tidal' comparisons used as put-downs,
as if tidal effect was equal to gravity effect. It is not!
'gravity' effect falls off with SQUARE (2nd power) of distance
so at 4 x distance: gravity effect is only 1/16 th.
and 'tidal' effect falls off with CUBE (3rd power) of distance
so at 4 x distance: tidal effect is only 1/64 th.
(gas) molecular effect falls of with 5th power of distance
so at 4 x distance: molecular effect is only 1/1024 th.
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UEF Theory forecasts that the 'UEF shielding' effect has a much larger
interaction factor than the 'gravitational' effect - maybe close to UNITY.
So, the 'UEF shielding effect' of the moon may be MILLIONS of times greater
than even the gravitational effect.
For verifiable example of 'UEF Shield' operation see
www.perceptions.couk.com/uef/radiation.html#ary
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Second -
Why are only those NEGATIVE effects ascribed to the full moon by this article's
spin?
Because positive effects are not monitored or reported.
www.perceptions.couk.com/uef/fertility.html#ancient for POSITIVE fertility effects
of full moon.
"Perceptions" forecast is that _most_ people are made more creative, faster-thinking
and more adaptable at full moon, due to increased cellular activity.
Unfortunately, but obviously necessarily, this means that some who are normally 'on
the edge' of mental stability may take more risks at full moon, and those who are
normally 'on the edge' of bodily stability find that increased cellular activity
causes physiological problems - all this leading to the rise in various statistical
outcomes.
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2nd item from "Stalking the Wild Pendulum" by Itzhak Bentov
"Just check police records on the effect of the full moon on the crime rate at
your local police station or the incidence of violence in psychiatric wards in
mental hospitals. In both instances, there is a great increase.
It seems that the full moon will have the stronger effect; the new moon, a lesser
one, but both effects are above average."
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