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 chemical公仔箱論壇0 h$ v2 x5 h3 |- j* ?9 W# [) I
that fights cancer.
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across time zones, or the light from street lamps can stop enough
7 ?. s: N# a' i, x# a8 f) c2 T0 h melatonin being made, they say.
( P0 h5 ]. Y, t4 v% S6 M! b( HTVBNOW 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。
3 u" B: `% Y m' k" u5 WTVBNOW 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。The body needs the chemical to prevent damage to DNA and its absence
: l3 }/ f8 e$ u1 E# CTVBNOW 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。stops fatty acids reaching tumours and preventing them growing. Texas
& ~ q- k, u( ~$ 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。University Prof Russell Reiter, who led the research, said: 'Once you
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levels drop.'
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Rates of childhood leukaemia have doubled in the past 40 years.2 ]1 } @% G6 r- D! `
2 s7 K. R( S# N/ NAbout 500 youngsters under 15 are diagnosed with the disease each year and around 100 die. A conference on childhood leukaemia in London yesterday公仔箱論壇* W% U' S4 L6 l
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+ S/ |! ?/ i% k) NThis suppressed the production of melatonin which normally happens between 9pm and 8am.
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higher levels of breast cancer.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 ^% ^; L0 q/ `
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Blind people, who are not vulnerable to fluctuations of melatonin, have
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~: `% r# I( PParents are advised to use dim red or yellow bulbs if their youngsters are scared of the dark.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) \$ a4 D7 `6 `$ S
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