KIDS who sleep with the light on could risk leukaemia, parents were
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" ]( U# d1 `# B% m: y3 ?, l4 E+ @Scientists have found the body needs darkness to produce a chemical
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across time zones, or the light from street lamps can stop enough公仔箱論壇' H/ ?6 I: N9 y% e* Q
melatonin being made, they say.
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The body needs the chemical to prevent damage to DNA and its absencetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 d8 `2 _+ H& F$ \1 ^
stops fatty acids reaching tumours and preventing them growing. Texas
$ g4 @0 \. p0 z% y) {# Q公仔箱論壇University Prof Russell Reiter, who led the research, said: 'Once you
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'Your brain immediately recognises the light as day and melatonin9 N( y: @% P( X: C
levels drop.'
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Rates of childhood leukaemia have doubled in the past 40 years.( k4 X7 i2 H3 d0 A) L9 s1 M
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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公仔箱論壇5 ?6 q$ z7 G6 v" I) y' g6 \
heard that people were being subjected to more light at night than
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) z1 j# A, W" I# R, C& J公仔箱論壇This suppressed the production of melatonin which normally happens between 9pm and 8am.公仔箱論壇7 z; P: T; B z) ^3 K! v6 p1 Y" _# L u
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Past research has shown those most affected, like shift workers, had
5 u: d& P. X7 v4 J1 p) V1 jhigher levels of breast cancer.5.39.217.77:8898: a2 S6 h# W, `5 G: h) A' d
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Blind people, who are not vulnerable to fluctuations of melatonin, have5.39.217.77:8898# d) r/ D7 k2 p, w1 F/ _: n
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Parents are advised to use dim red or yellow bulbs if their youngsters are scared of the dark.; G2 K7 i* M+ f6 m j2 t; R& v4 v
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