KIDS who sleep with the light on could risk leukaemia, parents were
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Scientists have found the body needs darkness to produce a chemical
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across time zones, or the light from street lamps can stop enough
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University Prof Russell Reiter, who led the research, said: 'Once you
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levels drop.'5.39.217.76( O3 {$ x+ V8 ]0 }0 ] A
6 S* d/ S4 w. S5.39.217.76Rates of childhood leukaemia have doubled in the past 40 years.
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. U. E( V, G. Y, M; M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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ever..
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5 [) v7 Z, c1 S$ [ `2 i. n- XThis suppressed the production of melatonin which normally happens between 9pm and 8am.
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higher levels of breast cancer.
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Blind people, who are not vulnerable to fluctuations of melatonin, have0 y% j! {4 A3 V9 k. P% ^( d9 _9 q
lower rates of cancer, it was found.
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