KIDS who sleep with the light on could risk leukaemia, parents were公仔箱論壇- p) |' ~) J# Q4 X! ^
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that fights cancer.
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9 N u! H5 D$ M, _# g$ CEven switching the light on for the toilet, staying up late, travellingTVBNOW 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。# l0 l1 W+ C( r* B
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 absence5 C/ g& N' a" x V& e0 G4 r
stops fatty acids reaching tumours and preventing them growing. Texas公仔箱論壇9 |& w' Q6 R8 P* `4 V; C3 d. G$ [
University Prof Russell Reiter, who led the research, said: 'Once you公仔箱論壇+ v" p$ |/ Y1 V4 U; R' v
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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Rates of childhood leukaemia have doubled in the past 40 years.
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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 yesterdaytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 i1 i1 T9 b4 B3 I" G/ w/ p Q
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This suppressed the production of melatonin which normally happens between 9pm and 8am.www2.tvboxnow.com% d4 b0 o9 D& Q
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8 X" g" e6 Q! ~" p& y5 V/ Cwww2.tvboxnow.comBlind people, who are not vulnerable to fluctuations of melatonin, have
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7 ]$ W5 ~& Q/ e; Q; p公仔箱論壇Parents are advised to use dim red or yellow bulbs if their youngsters are scared of the dark.
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