KIDS who sleep with the light on could risk leukaemia, parents were
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Scientists have found the body needs darkness to produce a chemical
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: z( p& x# @8 X% W) m: kos.tvboxnow.comEven switching the light on for the toilet, staying up late, travelling
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The body needs the chemical to prevent damage to DNA and its absence公仔箱論壇' v5 {0 \) J" _ ?1 D# H$ j; T
stops fatty acids reaching tumours and preventing them growing. Texas公仔箱論壇+ q! }3 K' J" Y$ ^0 @
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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3 r- X/ C/ Z, `' M; _, f. @tvb 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公仔箱論壇9 J6 R. v! w8 E9 ~: |
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This suppressed the production of melatonin which normally happens between 9pm and 8am.
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lower rates of cancer, it was found.
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