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# New Study Says Your Birth Month Could Predict Disease

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_Published 2015-06-09. The study says there are at least 55 diseases that are significantly dependent on birth month._


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## Transcript

Some people swear y the predictive powers of zodiac signs, and while there's no scientific evidence to support Capricorns having better luck with Scorpios, this guys says the month you're born in could make a difference in your future health. We examined 1, 600 diseases approximately for birth dependency. And we looked for significant deviations. The scientists looked at a massive amount of data, studying 1. 7 million Columbia University Medical Center and New York Presbyterian Hospital patients treated between 1985 and 2013. The study, conducted by Columbia University Medical Center, says there are at least 55 diseases that are significantly dependent on birth month.

The study confirmed 39 known associations and discovered 16 new ones. But lead researcher Nicholas Tanenetti tells Time, it's less about birth month and more about birth season, calling the season a baby's born a proxy for variable environmental factors. For example, a baby born in late summer or fall may be at a higher risk for asthma because the mother spent many of her pregnant months during the winter .

>> The lowest risk we found was in May and the highest risk was actually in October and November. Those were associated with the most diseases .

>> But, [ UNKNOWN ] also stresses for people not to be alarmed by the research. Factors like diet and exercise play a much larger role in your overall health. This study was published in the Journal of American Medical Informatics Association.

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