The Strawberry moon hangs overhead this weekend. If you like to walk on the beach at Galveston under a moonlit sky, this is the weekend to do it.
The Farmer's Almanac cautions that a full moon can affect your health.
The Indian Journal of Basic and Applied Medical Research finds your heart is a peak performance during a full moon.
"British scientists reveal that a full Moon may actually decrease seizure activity in epileptics. In these cases, however, researchers suggest it may be due to the brightness of the Moon rather than its phases. When the Moon was bright, participants had fewer epileptic seizures. They attribute this to the hormone melatonin, which is naturally secreted in your brain when the Sun goes down, hence signaling it’s time to sleep. In epileptics, they surmise, the brightness of the full Moon counters this release, thus decreasing seizures," according to the Farmers Almanac.
The Journal of Urology warns that kidney stone pain increases when the moon is at it's fullest phase.
Sleep patterns can also be affected.
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