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- Dr Richard Neal, of the Centre for Research in Primary Care, led a research team from Leeds University. The study looked at the effects of 12 full moons on 60 medical practices. They found consultations 6 days after the full moon were 3.6% higher than average - equivalent to 30,000 extra visitors nationally per cycle.
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- Dr Arnold Lieber from other doctors who observed the timing of epileptic seizures in Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL, USA. [1974]
- Moonstruck article in Daily Mail. [December 13, 2000.]
- Asaka Fukada, Japanese Police Inspector noticed the correlation of low atmospheric pressure with crime especially arson. The low pressure pattern related to the lunar phases.
- Study of Scottish medics [1988], Dr Richard Neal [2000] and apocryphal evidence from police.
- Hospital A&E units see about 10% more patients during the Full Moon. [Daily Mail, Dec 2000]
- Dr Arnold Lieber reported that Dade County Police, FL USA, produced graphs showing crimes of violence and arson peaked at the full moon and fell to the lows at the first and last quarter moons.
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