the Moon affecting your health and life

The Moon was blamed for everything, from lunacy to bad luck..

Now scientists has researched, that it seems to influence a lot more down on Earth than we previously thought.

According to new research, the Moon affects not only the tides of the oceans but also people, producing a range of symptoms from flare-ups of gout to bladder problems.

Scientists suggest that doctors and the police even need to prepare for how their work rate will increase at different points in the lunar cycle.

Among the findings examined by the researchers were studies that showed GP consultations go up during a full moon, according to Leeds University.

Appointments rise by 3.6 per cent, which works out at around three extra patients for each surgery.

The researchers also said that it does not seem to be related to anxiety and depression.

Gout and asthma attacks peak during new and full moons, according to work carried out at the Slovak Institute of Preventive and Clinical Medicine in Bratislava, where attacks over a 22-year period were monitored.

A study in Florida of murders and aggravated assaults showed clusters of attacks around the full moon.

A second study of three police areas found the incidence of crimes committed on full-moon days was much higher than on all other days.

And a four-year study into car accidents found that the lowest number happened during the full-moon day, while the highest number was two days before the full moon.