Birth month predicts disease risk

“WE are still masters of our fate; we are still Captains of our souls”, or so goes the famous saying by Winston Churchill, who firmly believed that people shaped their own destiny.

But according to a recent study, it turns out that the writing really is in the stars, and that our destiny — at least when it comes to diseases — has already been determined.

The study, conducted by Columbia University researchers and published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association,shows that 55 diseases are “significantly dependent on the birth month”, and can be exacerbated by poor lifestyle and dietary choices.

Diseases by month

January: Hypertension
February: Lung and bronchial cancer
March: Cardiac failure, arrhythmia, mitral valve disorder,
April: Angina, cardiac
May: A lucky month with no increased likelihood of disease
June: Preinfarction syndrome (severe angina)
July: Asthma
August: Another lucky month
September: Vomiting
October: Insect bites, STIs, respiratory infections
November: Least likely to develop arrhythmia, mitral valve disorder and lung cancer and ADHD
December: Bruising