chronotherapy

American

[kron-uh-ther-uh-pee, kroh-nuh-] / ˌkrɒn əˈθɛr ə pi, ˌkroʊ nə- /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

a treatment for insomnia in which a person's normal cycle of waking and sleeping is altered.

Etymology

Origin of chronotherapy

First recorded in 1975–80; chrono- + therapy

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"Studies in humans are clearly required. Regarding intense light therapy, chronotherapy and restricted feeding are low-risk strategies that should be tested sooner than later."

From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024

The growing understanding of circadian rhythms also could offer help through what's known as chronotherapy.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 20, 2023

He recalls fleeting excitement surrounding chronotherapy when he entered the cancer field about 20 years ago.

From Nature ● Apr. 16, 2018

The trial is the first to apply chronotherapy in glioblastoma, and the only current trial in the United States that accounts for the circadian clock in cancer.

From Nature ● Apr. 16, 2018

Phyllis Zee, chief of sleep medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, says that chronotherapy has great potential, but that practical biomarkers are needed to help clinicians identify optimal times for treatment.

From Nature ● Apr. 16, 2018

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