KIDS who sleep with the light on could risk leukaemia, parents weretvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 k, a; f4 l0 O$ ^
warned yesterday.
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Scientists have found the body needs darkness to produce a chemicalTVBNOW 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。5 H9 ~6 W! x! q3 [! F
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& [* W* F; M8 `4 E公仔箱論壇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
6 e( n2 c$ C' i3 F, x8 g% bTVBNOW 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。University Prof Russell Reiter, who led the research, said: 'Once you
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'Your brain immediately recognises the light as day and melatonin
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' t1 I; e. X5 `Rates of childhood leukaemia have doubled in the past 40 years.' A) j; m3 A: y9 O* a t
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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,bttvb* w. t* q5 F V
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.公仔箱論壇' C, V6 A: [, v" E( `; m
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Past research has shown those most affected, like shift workers, had
6 k: B5 i: e: j% |8 ~higher levels of breast cancer.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 P5 y1 \1 {5 M- ^
* M8 W8 p# B: a1 E. p, jwww2.tvboxnow.comBlind people, who are not vulnerable to fluctuations of melatonin, have
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. e3 |' |+ J4 WParents are advised to use dim red or yellow bulbs if their youngsters are scared of the dark.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。( E6 o: ^1 R0 [- g# T
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