KIDS who sleep with the light on could risk leukaemia, parents weretvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, G6 l2 N: ^8 a/ s; D
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Scientists have found the body needs darkness to produce a chemical4 E0 A1 D+ ^9 _* b
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Even switching the light on for the toilet, staying up late, travelling
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/ A: l5 D- d1 C. Y7 |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。 melatonin being made, they say.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! o6 R* Y4 _0 ?2 A# ^( Z
7 ^7 C/ v L6 R& E8 E. [' u0 W, [: j' @The body needs the chemical to prevent damage to DNA and its absence
9 Y# o' D. }' r0 _www3.tvboxnow.comstops fatty acids reaching tumours and preventing them growing. Texas
' _4 H3 B5 x0 s! u9 cTVBNOW 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。University Prof Russell Reiter, who led the research, said: 'Once you公仔箱論壇/ R7 }# S7 Z: [& N. o
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'Your brain immediately recognises the light as day and melatoninTVBNOW 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。- A( x9 R5 ]0 X( `+ ?* [! ?; c
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Rates of childhood leukaemia have doubled in the past 40 years.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 ?4 Y* X& _0 w" U1 `' g
7 _9 S: M; T4 o* zwww3.tvboxnow.comAbout 500 youngsters under 15 are diagnosed with the disease each year and around 100 die. A conference on childhood leukaemia in London yesterday
6 V# j2 q, g4 Mheard that people were being subjected to more light at night thantvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 H9 |- t. n, `- O* y1 l9 s
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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。" j% R* \7 f# e
: |! l1 Z! \. Y! S4 X7 y% E; Dwww3.tvboxnow.comPast research has shown those most affected, like shift workers, had
5 ?% a* L# j2 ?0 Q$ j6 {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。higher levels of breast cancer.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。/ t( P# c6 t9 ]' g. d3 O4 @
6 K7 v, {$ ~. ^% c& g }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.www3.tvboxnow.com0 S- I- Z7 e/ s4 R, e
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