Collectively the daily, seasonal, lunar and tidal geophysical cycles regulate much of the
temporal biology of life on Earth. The increasing isolation of human societies from these …

The cyclical organization of seizures in epilepsy has been described since antiquity.
However, historical explanations for seizure cycles—based on celestial, hormonal, and …

Recent longitudinal observations show that human menstrual cycles, sleep‐wake cycles
and manic‐depressive cycles can become synchronized with lunar cycles, but do so in …

The debate about how far the Moon causes biological effects has continued for two
millennia. Pliny the Elder argued for lunar power “penetrating all things”, including plants …

Objectives Popular belief holds that the lunar cycle affects human physiology, behavior, and
health, including sleep. To date, only a few and conflicting analyses have been published …

The public opinion and the scientific community incorrectly believe that the English term
“lunatic” was originally related only to insanity, but it also referred to epileptic people. The …

Historically, there has been a perceived association between the moon and human biology
and behaviour that can be traced back to at least Roman times. The idea that the moon can …

Objective: The belief that the full moon and disturbed behaviour are closely linked is alive
and well, despite studies to the contrary. We investigated the possibility that there is an …

Objective This study aimed to verify the hypothesis that the lunar cycle influences the
number of pediatric psychiatric emergency department (ED) visits. Methods Pediatric …

The effects of the moon on mental activities remain contentious. Few studies have
investigated associations between lunar phases and different types of bipolar disorder (BD) …