KIDS who sleep with the light on could risk leukaemia, parents werewww2.tvboxnow.com4 k- ~& \: N5 E- A9 D# I
warned yesterday.
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Scientists have found the body needs darkness to produce a chemical
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melatonin being made, they say.
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The body needs the chemical to prevent damage to DNA and its absence
: V" X6 @* \4 c( k" _( }www2.tvboxnow.comstops fatty acids reaching tumours and preventing them growing. Texas
' M' B- T: L' V, ?) \+ QUniversity Prof Russell Reiter, who led the research, said: 'Once you
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$ `, ~( i _4 D3 I+ n' H'Your brain immediately recognises the light as day and melatonin公仔箱論壇3 x) ?4 q1 k$ v0 Z5 ~' Y
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Rates of childhood leukaemia have doubled in the past 40 years.1 a6 B' S0 R- G
* L; M: b& J; C7 t3 L* J% m5 U( W: sAbout 500 youngsters under 15 are diagnosed with the disease each year and around 100 die. A conference on childhood leukaemia in London yesterday
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Past research has shown those most affected, like shift workers, had公仔箱論壇* D8 p$ |5 Q- n- ~2 `5 l5 }
higher levels of breast cancer.
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Blind people, who are not vulnerable to fluctuations of melatonin, have
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