Time is a healer (as they say), but is it faster during the day or night?
- The daytime.
- According to an observation study on burns patients, those who sustained the injury during the day healed faster (17 days versus 28 days if it was sustained at night).
- Their theory postulates, the cellular clock modulates the efficiency of actin-dependent processes such as cell migration and adhesion, which ultimately affect the efficacy of wound healing. [Reference]
- On a similar theme, another research team found less adverse affects when heart surgery was performed in the afternoon versus the morning (28 out of 298 vs 54 out of 298). [Reference]
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