KIDS who sleep with the light on could risk leukaemia, parents were5.39.217.77:88983 m1 J" I6 y, _4 n
warned yesterday.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- r' x4 ~ e7 G8 C1 k& c
: F2 s& p8 p h$ t% `$ vScientists have found the body needs darkness to produce a chemical( T& [& b7 \; {- e# h* B, m; @
that fights cancer.
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Even switching the light on for the toilet, staying up late, travelling
: l9 I, A; ~' T, [: n, T5.39.217.77:8898across time zones, or the light from street lamps can stop enough
' P8 T# s% k; t& w5.39.217.77:8898 melatonin being made, they say.
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The body needs the chemical to prevent damage to DNA and its absence公仔箱論壇% ^7 I& U1 M& T0 j2 f
stops fatty acids reaching tumours and preventing them growing. Texas
1 o( p, s" t: T# [# f3 ?& l g, w5.39.217.77:8898University Prof Russell Reiter, who led the research, said: 'Once you
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'Your brain immediately recognises the light as day and melatonin
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% c* t" Q1 P) N/ c. d2 k" c5 ?5.39.217.77:8898Rates of childhood leukaemia have doubled in the past 40 years.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。/ T: B2 O% |( S" W) g# l
. s! T5 A: _! t( b- ^: jTVBNOW 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。About 500 youngsters under 15 are diagnosed with the disease each year and around 100 die. A conference on childhood leukaemia in London yesterdaytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ z: O. c) a' L" i2 Q% `
heard that people were being subjected to more light at night than
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# Y, v) S: f" \3 |$ c公仔箱論壇This suppressed the production of melatonin which normally happens between 9pm and 8am.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。. z3 M8 }+ @" ]
3 t. j; X2 v) r5 S6 R1 O# aTVBNOW 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, hadTVBNOW 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。: i% K0 S% L- x$ N0 t4 ~
higher levels of breast cancer.: Q8 p: @1 j3 _: _
4 e9 l- Q6 R1 O公仔箱論壇Blind people, who are not vulnerable to fluctuations of melatonin, have
7 U9 X2 o& E" U* n4 Plower 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。; ?. r) S& c( ?' h
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。& O7 g9 U' Q( V2 X8 {7 {& y8 F( m! Q1 ~
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。+ \) J5 d" e V% f$ f" j- _0 p
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