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 V( Y, O) L" V# L0 L
that fights cancer.
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" [0 n9 D3 T) q8 }) z' K; ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbEven switching the light on for the toilet, staying up late, travelling
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The body needs the chemical to prevent damage to DNA and its absence
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r& o# O: z2 |# F4 E8 XUniversity Prof Russell Reiter, who led the research, said: 'Once you公仔箱論壇9 t7 W6 F1 P5 \; `7 n; Z8 W* {
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'Your brain immediately recognises the light as day and melatonintvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 k( [: H2 Q9 T" ~
levels drop.'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。, M2 ~7 ?1 i! a4 @/ z
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Rates of childhood leukaemia have doubled in the past 40 years.公仔箱論壇' s7 _8 x2 g3 y: Z
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heard that people were being subjected to more light at night thanTVBNOW 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。' X, X" k5 @& k$ e/ }2 g9 Z
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- q0 P, i0 I1 @% ~6 ~" O7 i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。0 H. ]% U j6 r# {+ M
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Past research has shown those most affected, like shift workers, had5.39.217.77:8898* o' P0 c. C: z
higher levels of breast cancer.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- T1 R9 [; A3 E
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lower rates of cancer, it was found.
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