KIDS who sleep with the light on could risk leukaemia, parents were; u3 Y+ a# E. R' y( n' ]
warned yesterday.公仔箱論壇8 Y& z2 e; K: f
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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 enoughwww2.tvboxnow.com2 b5 I$ ?$ P9 B- v2 v
melatonin being made, they say.% a- r! W( ]# j0 a0 A3 h6 I
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stops fatty acids reaching tumours and preventing them growing. Texas公仔箱論壇, {4 d, D3 | j2 b3 \1 }
University Prof Russell Reiter, who led the research, said: 'Once you
; ]6 g2 D1 b& I' wgo to bed you should not even switch the light on for a minute.
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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 yesterday8 q: B' ?. ~' M* h2 V% f
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.www2.tvboxnow.com6 M8 v" m' V6 p* B) F6 }. S4 w
( z% c6 h: ~ ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPast research has shown those most affected, like shift workers, had
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: t+ j; e$ l2 @3 ~: r0 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。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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