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公仔箱論壇0 G' r3 _' U/ i' |. g3 P8 @9 A
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Even switching the light on for the toilet, staying up late, travelling4 i+ J& e2 P2 O
across time zones, or the light from street lamps can stop enough
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The body needs the chemical to prevent damage to DNA and its absence3 t% _* N# I; q4 e* |/ ~6 H% a
stops fatty acids reaching tumours and preventing them growing. Texas
8 A/ n! H: ^; O公仔箱論壇University Prof Russell Reiter, who led the research, said: 'Once you
8 U$ Q w8 s+ o5 B X: s ^公仔箱論壇go to bed you should not even switch the light on for a minute.TVBNOW 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。 C/ [8 a) E1 q9 A. _
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'Your brain immediately recognises the light as day and melatonin
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6 S2 ~, r! R9 M: {, O# A公仔箱論壇Rates of childhood leukaemia have doubled in the past 40 years.公仔箱論壇4 y" ]4 V8 t2 ~1 F9 i0 ^3 c# c
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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 yesterday
5 v K5 R: H" Z. R- Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbheard that people were being subjected to more light at night than
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This suppressed the production of melatonin which normally happens between 9pm and 8am.
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Past research has shown those most affected, like shift workers, had* D9 n0 P9 ?2 P' X# y
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; Y5 f( k v8 Z# h: ^9 W3 ~Blind people, who are not vulnerable to fluctuations of melatonin, haveTVBNOW 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。" C( J9 h4 C" [) H3 i7 @, J
lower rates of cancer, it was found.- J4 |3 [/ Q' l/ V6 w( u+ F& [
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Parents are advised to use dim red or yellow bulbs if their youngsters are scared of the dark.
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