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公仔箱論壇, ^" l& j6 ~( O; T% O
melatonin being made, they say.
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University Prof Russell Reiter, who led the research, said: 'Once you* j& k5 z" C5 T9 N: H, S) t+ I
go to bed you should not even switch the light on for a minute.
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. v7 ^8 G+ ?5 q- v0 eRates of childhood leukaemia have doubled in the past 40 years.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 T4 y2 k- d2 `4 I, n6 |
$ @" t( x V9 A$ h" LAbout 500 youngsters under 15 are diagnosed with the disease each year and around 100 die. A conference on childhood leukaemia in London yesterday j2 n% U2 ]. Q6 b& }
heard 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.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。0 S0 v" N7 X. {8 z# H
" r/ x; o8 c$ p' a7 Y" {公仔箱論壇Past research has shown those most affected, like shift workers, had
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Blind people, who are not vulnerable to fluctuations of melatonin, have
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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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