Vol. 33 (4) 2012 Neuro endocrinology letters

Chronomedicine: an old concept's fledging? A selective literature search.

: Chronomedicine may be conceptualized as dealing with the prevention, causation, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases in humans with a particular focus on the role "time" [Greek: chrónos] plays in our physiology, endocrinology, metabolism and behavior at many organizational levels. While it has been used as a term and somewhat pursued.....