5 Ways the Moon May Affect Your Health

You may not believe that the moon has magical powers, but Jordan Davidson says that the moon can impact your health in five ways.

It can seem like weird things tend to happen during a full moon—just ask any labor and delivery nurse, psychiatric hospital worker, or teacher with 25 first-graders testing her patience. Anecdotes abound about the ways that lunar cycles affect everything from births to road rage to crime. (Check out how your birth month affects your mood.)

But what does science have to say about the moon's so-called magical powers? Could it really be responsible for the way we act and feel? We looked at studies and asked the experts and concluded that the answer is a resounding "maybe." Read more