KIDS who sleep with the light on could risk leukaemia, parents were
- N1 B5 X6 Y, I" l& Y3 e4 p8 x$ b! e公仔箱論壇warned yesterday.$ H5 ^" I8 c6 u9 V' _- Y
# l7 ^0 h# t1 E0 ]公仔箱論壇Scientists have found the body needs darkness to produce a chemical( T+ j8 q+ w: J$ N
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& s/ Z' P. V( f J) N& m2 xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbacross 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 you
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'Your brain immediately recognises the light as day and melatonin
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/ u. }; \# {2 M: x# |5 h6 ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRates 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& e* H8 c5 y( o
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- \7 }8 k2 c; w' Jwww3.tvboxnow.comThis 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。, o+ H: c) ^$ c x7 h- k! c
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higher levels of breast cancer.
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- E; Z6 |7 x. t9 \Blind people, who are not vulnerable to fluctuations of melatonin, have
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