KIDS who sleep with the light on could risk leukaemia, parents were8 u# q) D+ M) c
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0 m9 h! y7 @3 w8 s: m) j6 k5 W, C8 SScientists have found the body needs darkness to produce a chemical
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Even switching the light on for the toilet, staying up late, travelling
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* n+ ]3 t5 y; z% L: }; _6 I公仔箱論壇 melatonin being made, they say.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( a# q1 L: C. b3 l% q: w
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The body needs the chemical to prevent damage to DNA and its absence
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University Prof Russell Reiter, who led the research, said: 'Once you5.39.217.77:8898% _! J' s( G4 [6 i; r4 D3 \" O
go to bed you should not even switch the light on for a minute.公仔箱論壇4 d6 E5 _6 c$ K: L% G8 i# }7 z5 a' t
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'Your brain immediately recognises the light as day and melatonin; r$ g1 v5 d9 c2 x
levels drop.'公仔箱論壇2 G3 G, H p( K
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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 yesterday" c! z7 Q+ t _4 l# o0 H6 V, E
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.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。& g. C g) [2 ^8 c8 K
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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。! K5 d, o% H( R& j9 ?% q4 d! X
higher levels of breast cancer.
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Blind people, who are not vulnerable to fluctuations of melatonin, have5.39.217.77:8898 @. T% h0 m0 n7 V% q; E
lower rates of cancer, it was found.
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`& w' S2 b3 H. \8 ~9 hParents are advised to use dim red or yellow bulbs if their youngsters are scared of the dark.
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