title: Implications of biologic rhythms for clinical practice.
abstract: The fact that many bodily functions display rhythmicity has an important bearing on resistance to toxins, response to drug or irradiation, and weight gain or loss according to when food is ingested. Though considerable clinical research remains to be done, "chronobiology" has already made available techniques for establishing predictable human rhythms, opening the way to more specific treatment of many condtions.
mesh_terms: D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000633:toxicity; D001683:Biological Clocks; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000528:radiation effects; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004435:Eating; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000633:toxicity; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000502:physiology; D005934:Glucagon / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D037102:Lectins / Q000494:pharmacology; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D004731:Endotoxins; D007328:Insulin; D037102:Lectins; D005934:Glucagon; D011239:Prednisolone