KIDS who sleep with the light on could risk leukaemia, parents were9 `# v! r( f$ D( v
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Even switching the light on for the toilet, staying up late, travelling
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stops fatty acids reaching tumours and preventing them growing. TexasTVBNOW 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。- F2 s* Z. k, V8 J
University Prof Russell Reiter, who led the research, said: 'Once you
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'Your brain immediately recognises the light as day and melatonin公仔箱論壇3 ~$ B. ?5 t0 ?5 D: a
levels drop.'
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! G0 X9 r$ J: {/ M+ N jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRates of childhood leukaemia have doubled in the past 40 years.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) z, c8 c6 G& \, f, y6 o
! i& a6 ^ \7 ?7 ?- B" c3 WAbout 500 youngsters under 15 are diagnosed with the disease each year and around 100 die. A conference on childhood leukaemia in London yesterday
9 o9 j3 U7 m% S. C: ?3 [www3.tvboxnow.comheard 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.
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Past research has shown those most affected, like shift workers, had
* @, P# ^% Y3 \www3.tvboxnow.comhigher levels of breast cancer.公仔箱論壇# }# h5 T0 `: k( ^- |! R* P5 A z
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4 Z+ }$ `+ V4 l) y; M* @: |Parents are advised to use dim red or yellow bulbs if their youngsters are scared of the dark.4 K6 J: t( Y: O- A6 W- Y
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