KIDS who sleep with the light on could risk leukaemia, parents were公仔箱論壇) p5 \& R/ @: A8 C3 R1 J
warned yesterday.
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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 enoughtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; q& A8 \1 j) }" _
melatonin being made, they say.
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The body needs the chemical to prevent damage to DNA and its absence公仔箱論壇, {" V/ G* o3 l- V- o+ a% x
stops fatty acids reaching tumours and preventing them growing. Texas公仔箱論壇0 U7 A: s7 p i
University Prof Russell Reiter, who led the research, said: 'Once you公仔箱論壇0 ]) v* i/ k( d' |3 U/ u- A
go to bed you should not even switch the light on for a minute.
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3 w5 K& S8 ]9 }- Ywww3.tvboxnow.com'Your brain immediately recognises the light as day and melatonin公仔箱論壇; y# d3 T2 L" `+ v2 U
levels drop.'
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Rates 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 yesterdayTVBNOW 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。1 ]0 B9 |. d1 ?0 j& D# L0 ] j
heard that people were being subjected to more light at night than
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1 ?3 x7 J* u" i, r" Nwww3.tvboxnow.comThis suppressed the production of melatonin which normally happens between 9pm and 8am.公仔箱論壇0 e* L0 B: N' Q1 P# O0 z" D
% M/ |% B9 s, i. @公仔箱論壇Past research has shown those most affected, like shift workers, had
/ B8 w- i# E. s \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbhigher levels of breast cancer.公仔箱論壇+ k: y$ J/ U# |) }
' H. y- Q6 q t4 {* h7 K' b6 T" \公仔箱論壇Blind people, who are not vulnerable to fluctuations of melatonin, have
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Parents are advised to use dim red or yellow bulbs if their youngsters are scared of the dark.公仔箱論壇$ h3 ]3 a8 S7 l2 N H$ p
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