KIDS who sleep with the light on could risk leukaemia, parents wereTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。9 t3 d/ C5 I; W ^ A" U9 L
warned yesterday.
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Scientists have found the body needs darkness to produce a chemicalTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。. I2 H8 ~$ L0 {
that fights cancer.
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Even switching the light on for the toilet, staying up late, travelling公仔箱論壇$ @; R0 Q" y: Z# k3 L$ ~
across time zones, or the light from street lamps can stop enough
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stops fatty acids reaching tumours and preventing them growing. Texas0 t: { Z. e* E4 r/ `" O
University Prof Russell Reiter, who led the research, said: 'Once you
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'Your brain immediately recognises the light as day and melatonin5.39.217.76/ J- U2 t4 E9 @7 d) P( F8 v
levels drop.'
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, l3 b' N. W6 ^: _4 \Rates of childhood leukaemia have doubled in the past 40 years.
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, \5 [0 C' l8 |2 p; f/ C; T公仔箱論壇About 500 youngsters under 15 are diagnosed with the disease each year and around 100 die. A conference on childhood leukaemia in London yesterday
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Past research has shown those most affected, like shift workers, had
9 r% d- t/ `4 `& Q# `/ d公仔箱論壇higher levels of breast cancer.
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Blind people, who are not vulnerable to fluctuations of melatonin, havetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' Y1 K: k) N* m, k, p4 J$ h" b
lower rates of cancer, it was found.
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Parents are advised to use dim red or yellow bulbs if their youngsters are scared of the dark.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ i5 F+ L, |2 Z0 d* G0 u
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