KIDS who sleep with the light on could risk leukaemia, parents were) |6 l: l- z; r" F; E0 {
warned yesterday.
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* c P4 v5 E+ i8 Z+ gTVBNOW 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。Scientists have found the body needs darkness to produce a chemical5.39.217.76# j4 W- A: L, B" Y9 V! P R. q+ o
that fights cancer.
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& ]0 _0 ]8 _( c# T/ v# SEven switching the light on for the toilet, staying up late, travelling
& m( j7 J: c' y; R, ^: o: Cacross time zones, or the light from street lamps can stop enough
X8 v9 w$ `7 t melatonin being made, they say.) }) |% n7 l& l: V1 _/ [; l; I5 N
. [& x/ ` U: H4 y公仔箱論壇The body needs the chemical to prevent damage to DNA and its absencetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* g+ K$ o+ A$ E9 ]6 q: V+ @3 H
stops fatty acids reaching tumours and preventing them growing. Texas公仔箱論壇4 b" |9 {% b- K% _6 M- J
University Prof Russell Reiter, who led the research, said: 'Once youTVBNOW 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。4 V+ c$ J3 S9 |8 f+ [% \& K
go to bed you should not even switch the light on for a minute.
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'Your brain immediately recognises the light as day and melatonin
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: `1 B% o5 P3 \; F0 ]2 F1 XRates of childhood leukaemia have doubled in the past 40 years.( |& s# u) ~9 W& r9 B
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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
! `2 m. V9 X0 a) o2 l, m6 y公仔箱論壇heard that people were being subjected to more light at night than
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" D( k7 L. t9 a- q& L' b5 Btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThis 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
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3 z+ w [/ A1 I1 s- U. _) e+ z2 jTVBNOW 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。Blind people, who are not vulnerable to fluctuations of melatonin, have
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1 R$ y. V0 Y+ ~' MParents are advised to use dim red or yellow bulbs if their youngsters are scared of the dark.公仔箱論壇5 d7 I% [' w; t
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