KIDS who sleep with the light on could risk leukaemia, parents were/ ?0 @6 v% F+ y9 h! v! y! P! X" N2 y
warned yesterday.
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Scientists have found the body needs darkness to produce a chemical5.39.217.769 k5 T X: O$ A7 T6 @5 X6 j1 h. c
that fights cancer.5.39.217.769 F" T% g' j% p& }! H8 U
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across time zones, or the light from street lamps can stop enough( P( E/ p0 D3 X! X# ^" W
melatonin being made, they say.
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( K# d( t& M1 y3 ^+ K: P5 [公仔箱論壇The body needs the chemical to prevent damage to DNA and its absence
' ~ `+ ^$ s1 F% ?stops fatty acids reaching tumours and preventing them growing. TexasTVBNOW 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。& F, F8 d" D$ B, D, J z- J6 ~
University Prof Russell Reiter, who led the research, said: 'Once you
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$ D, Z9 z9 |3 H$ B公仔箱論壇'Your brain immediately recognises the light as day and melatonin
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Rates of childhood leukaemia have doubled in the past 40 years.
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About 500 youngsters under 15 are diagnosed with the disease each year and around 100 die. A conference on childhood leukaemia in London yesterdayTVBNOW 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 }/ Q! a- c7 y) O: |; A+ x0 P
heard that people were being subjected to more light at night thanTVBNOW 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。 n; N2 M7 i4 a" E2 m5 m
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This suppressed the production of melatonin which normally happens between 9pm and 8am.5.39.217.76! b4 Z1 j) M% L
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Past research has shown those most affected, like shift workers, had
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$ w. r! m- B% S' L公仔箱論壇Blind people, who are not vulnerable to fluctuations of melatonin, have8 A3 \- B( y: d5 `' O
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.公仔箱論壇& x6 |9 i# Q W% ?2 Q U5 \
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