KIDS who sleep with the light on could risk leukaemia, parents were
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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。# C# d' `2 P$ d; T; B/ H( z
that fights cancer.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) e8 @/ s6 y$ r4 d# x
( H, h2 P3 K) ^' }: ZEven switching the light on for the toilet, staying up late, travelling公仔箱論壇- ]! D! u p8 _% R. r1 t8 ?
across time zones, or the light from street lamps can stop enough
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University Prof Russell Reiter, who led the research, said: 'Once you
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' K" `6 Y8 I) v4 @, J% Z" d'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.
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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 yesterday5.39.217.779 Q" G: H h. M3 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.
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) i; N; F8 Q+ XTVBNOW 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。Past research has shown those most affected, like shift workers, had
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5 Z, J9 Z" W# u& D) M( G- Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBlind people, who are not vulnerable to fluctuations of melatonin, have
8 D: V1 | G, n6 Clower rates of cancer, it was found.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( J' z* Q5 ?% A
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Parents are advised to use dim red or yellow bulbs if their youngsters are scared of the dark.3 U* {2 N" P7 P* h! X
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