Your Zodiac zign, your health

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How close you date of birth is to the middle of winter is positively correlated with intelligence. Less positively, it is also positively correlated with schizophrenia. Neither of these correlations are enormous, but they are there. A range of other characteristics are correlated with birth date, including risk for: multiple sclerosis, sleep disorders, Type 1 diabetes, bipolar disorder, allergies, & how long you will live.

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/11/your-zodiac-sign-your-health/281358/ / contemporary scientists astrology absurd month born conceived affect future life chances neuroscientists Russell G. Foster Till Roenneberg 2008 study 24 different health disorders connected season of birth despite human isolation from season changes temperature food photoperiod insustrialised industrialized nations nation seasons small significant impact born many aspects of health no clear underlying mechanism observed phenomena theory theories range levels level maternal vitamin D levels during pregnancy seasonal viral bacterial exposure connection between seasonal birth certain disorders Chris Ciarleglio neuroscientist currently working postdoctoral fellow Brown University methodologybwhy Ciarleglio’s primary research interest team of researchers John Axley Benjamin Strauss Karen Gamble Doug McMahon McMahon Lab Vanderbilt university uncovered most compelling solution theory please hard line hard-line advocates scientific method astrologer astrologers born winter raised heightened higher risk schizophrenia born sunnier months popular knowledge all humans internal clock circadian rhythm regulates sleep wake cycle when to wake up every morning central life functions function cell growth death reproduction functioning function digestive tissue lung lungs heart liver patterns social behavior control controlled biological clock stable genetically calibrated clock environmental factors permanently negative negatively alter season birth McMahon Lab team newborn mice three different environments corresponding different photoperiod year split between light dark spring fall equinox equinoxes summer solstice winter solstice 21 days different photoperiod environments research researching researchers reacted mice adapted change clocks of the winter raised mice extremely labile unstable instability winter raised winter-raised mind study studies correlate correlation various diseases disorders seasons of birth correlation more than 200 studies confirmed results meta study meta-study 2003 accounting 86 million births different parts of the world born winter higher risk schizophrenia summer sunnier months /