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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Even switching the light on for the toilet, staying up late, travelling
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stops fatty acids reaching tumours and preventing them growing. Texas公仔箱論壇! D8 X9 _) b, G1 W
University Prof Russell Reiter, who led the research, said: 'Once you
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9 V& [$ L& g* u1 d公仔箱論壇'Your brain immediately recognises the light as day and melatonin
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& i$ U8 e/ J" i2 WRates of childhood leukaemia have doubled in the past 40 years.
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heard that people were being subjected to more light at night than
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9 U* U3 T1 m1 H/ n公仔箱論壇This suppressed the production of melatonin which normally happens between 9pm and 8am.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。3 D! T* r! A, s2 _ g. {% k
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higher levels of breast cancer.
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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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