KIDS who sleep with the light on could risk leukaemia, parents were2 a1 p F2 R, J/ y! v# v& w# I
warned yesterday.
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: _/ _1 u) h2 u, c* f+ W; Y, _& pScientists 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.
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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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Rates of childhood leukaemia have doubled in the past 40 years.( ^5 M5 O! U* b/ J/ ?1 V
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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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Past research has shown those most affected, like shift workers, hadTVBNOW 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 P3 r( |, P6 a* V) q
higher levels of breast cancer.
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! k8 [, c `9 v: t' f* gBlind 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.
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