KIDS who sleep with the light on could risk leukaemia, parents were, H% Q6 a9 b* H/ E
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Scientists have found the body needs darkness to produce a chemical
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Even switching the light on for the toilet, staying up late, travelling
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melatonin being made, they say.1 P) @3 |1 \9 S6 o% ?8 c2 w) b
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The body needs the chemical to prevent damage to DNA and its absence
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6 j$ g/ f* V7 d* N0 rTVBNOW 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 you4 j# ^( G4 s, E2 ]$ t8 ^# d& h
go to bed you should not even switch the light on for a minute.
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'Your brain immediately recognises the light as day and melatonin公仔箱論壇" X% q9 F2 m6 q; ~
levels drop.'
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Rates of childhood leukaemia have doubled in the past 40 years.www3.tvboxnow.com& G! h+ L! n0 h3 b7 k
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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
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ever..
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+ v3 i: E6 X$ ^4 t: W( k6 L fPast research has shown those most affected, like shift workers, had
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lower rates of cancer, it was found.
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