KIDS who sleep with the light on could risk leukaemia, parents were公仔箱論壇9 P2 y/ [5 c" ]
warned yesterday.
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; V1 D$ b6 q1 |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbScientists have found the body needs darkness to produce a chemical
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4 L, o9 }0 v* NEven switching the light on for the toilet, staying up late, travelling
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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 absence5.39.217.773 n. |2 K. F8 M/ ?4 E
stops fatty acids reaching tumours and preventing them growing. Texas8 S1 {9 M5 @ u. d: E0 f
University Prof Russell Reiter, who led the research, said: 'Once you
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/ {/ F, z" i1 e# ?' _7 ]5 o! R6 TRates 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 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 m2 g' Q+ c8 M, L9 y9 J
heard that people were being subjected to more light at night than) b6 d3 z Z3 f. x
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/ N8 m& a3 t7 l) Xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThis suppressed the production of melatonin which normally happens between 9pm and 8am.
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higher levels of breast cancer.
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Parents are advised to use dim red or yellow bulbs if their youngsters are scared of the dark.+ E3 b# k; B5 H+ I" |$ v
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