KIDS who sleep with the light on could risk leukaemia, parents weretvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" M4 Q7 x( t8 j: ?- D* H
warned yesterday.
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Scientists have found the body needs darkness to produce a chemical
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6 Q, R6 X ^# ?8 ]' T E" y公仔箱論壇Even switching the light on for the toilet, staying up late, travelling- L3 b# D3 J; A0 g, l4 r
across time zones, or the light from street lamps can stop enough公仔箱論壇( D+ S2 W0 Y, q
melatonin being made, they say.: C$ T' w4 a, T( ~9 }5 Q; _
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stops fatty acids reaching tumours and preventing them growing. Texas
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go to bed you should not even switch the light on for a minute.www2.tvboxnow.com! o# `0 [) }) ^7 w0 o
6 w) T+ R( c+ S$ `'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.www2.tvboxnow.com/ n/ V2 \" i9 p. [6 n
8 Q2 P& W, O7 q& ? [5 W! {& P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。% C. K3 K5 e+ z; T/ ]0 D6 A
heard that people were being subjected to more light at night thanTVBNOW 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。+ b1 r; k o( j
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This suppressed the production of melatonin which normally happens between 9pm and 8am.1 R& L; E0 d* F l# u, | ^' r
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Past research has shown those most affected, like shift workers, had
8 j4 J9 s% w) A% qTVBNOW 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。higher levels of breast cancer.公仔箱論壇8 A, j/ a9 Q V2 g& ^- h
) z7 P5 Q3 V/ B" atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBlind people, who are not vulnerable to fluctuations of melatonin, have C* l9 c% i6 F+ e9 }
lower rates of cancer, it was found.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。8 ^( ]; v _2 I
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Parents 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。$ W% ^& b# T* h( k- a, e) Q& n. s
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