標題: [健康資訊] SLEEPING WITH LIGHT ON MAY CAUSE CANCER [打印本頁] 作者: Janetchan79 時間: 2008-8-1 11:02 AM 標題: SLEEPING WITH LIGHT ON MAY CAUSE CANCER
KIDS who sleep with the light on could risk leukaemia, parents were 0 s j8 Y9 | F R: \! Zwarned yesterday. ' _3 ~# f, y' w+ {* z# C5 pTVBNOW 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。 公仔箱論壇6 F4 p5 x* i% _
Scientists have found the body needs darkness to produce a chemical! g9 L3 `1 B: w, f( H* y+ y0 b1 k
that fights cancer. $ m2 X/ k+ {" s+ [ ^ + w5 w9 z* \; D d1 V1 X" UEven switching the light on for the toilet, staying up late, travelling3 k; G6 q/ T4 D& y7 H% I0 \" t
across time zones, or the light from street lamps can stop enough0 t$ b+ I( s1 W1 n3 B* W
melatonin being made, they say. . [' s* [( x5 J) t# s: G5 l- ]& M公仔箱論壇 @; F% o; n x4 n" r5 ^
The body needs the chemical to prevent damage to DNA and its absence * F7 q" T1 }- l u( v9 S- R$ x/ vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbstops fatty acids reaching tumours and preventing them growing. Texas公仔箱論壇* y, q2 K5 E6 Q2 m5 h7 p5 ?
University Prof Russell Reiter, who led the research, said: 'Once you6 b; Z- C5 V# Q- o$ V. G! U
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, e e0 T5 {$ b公仔箱論壇'Your brain immediately recognises the light as day and melatonin 6 s7 K8 q5 @! f9 M) Y0 R) Flevels drop.'' x: ^6 O7 d1 p; Q# h9 L
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Rates of childhood leukaemia have doubled in the past 40 years. ( M) C2 B6 Q$ ]" | f) {www2.tvboxnow.com ! G3 u7 X9 ~* W* n9 u公仔箱論壇About 500 youngsters under 15 are diagnosed with the disease each year and around 100 die. A conference on childhood leukaemia in London yesterdayTVBNOW 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。9 X) [+ f% S2 a
heard that people were being subjected to more light at night thanwww2.tvboxnow.com; B( ^( J* e, Z. J& A
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This suppressed the production of melatonin which normally happens between 9pm and 8am.0 S" u. ^" |- N. A
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Blind people, who are not vulnerable to fluctuations of melatonin, have公仔箱論壇, k7 P+ |) k8 D0 o& S6 U
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Parents are advised to use dim red or yellow bulbs if their youngsters are scared of the dark. - B8 W' Q g: G( u- Z' G9 Lwww2.tvboxnow.com作者: kingbw88 時間: 2008-8-1 10:16 PM 標題: 回應 Janetchan79 第 1 篇文章