KIDS who sleep with the light on could risk leukaemia, parents were+ b) O: @' A- p
warned yesterday.
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5 C6 S- V3 h0 f# i8 o* MScientists have found the body needs darkness to produce a chemicalwww3.tvboxnow.com! u9 J7 M, V1 |* D% o" X
that fights cancer.
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Even switching the light on for the toilet, staying up late, travelling* D- U# L' V# N/ \) }& @. K( U4 s
across time zones, or the light from street lamps can stop enough
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University Prof Russell Reiter, who led the research, said: 'Once youwww3.tvboxnow.com" r7 D- w6 v4 f
go to bed you should not even switch the light on for a minute.; ~9 h- o$ i% r' M+ l6 N
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levels drop.'
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! y; r! Q8 l4 _; l' F; |Rates of childhood leukaemia have doubled in the past 40 years.
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4 `9 Q* Y c. J" J% ~( e4 H. uAbout 500 youngsters under 15 are diagnosed with the disease each year and around 100 die. A conference on childhood leukaemia in London yesterday
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ever..
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! {: p. S8 D# P0 ]1 P/ ` @; Z6 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。This suppressed the production of melatonin which normally happens between 9pm and 8am.www3.tvboxnow.com: i- R$ E4 P' [
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Past research has shown those most affected, like shift workers, had, ]2 V2 q$ p; J7 F9 s! D
higher levels of breast cancer.
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Blind people, who are not vulnerable to fluctuations of melatonin, have" M4 x" |4 b* E! q: Z+ g
lower rates of cancer, it was found.
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Parents are advised to use dim red or yellow bulbs if their youngsters are scared of the dark.
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