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Old 13-12-2009, 04:01 PM
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Full moon has 'werewolf effect'

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/health/98...f-effect-study
A study in an Australian hospital has identified a spike in out-of-control "werewolf" patients when a full moon is out.
There were 91 emergency patients rated as having violent and acute behavioural disturbance at the Calvary Mater Newcastle hospital from August 2008 to July 2009.
Leonie Calver, a clinical research nurse in toxicology, said almost a quarter of the cases (23 per cent) occurred on a night of full moon and this was double the number for other lunar phases. The patients all had to be sedated and physically restrained to protect themselves and others...
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