[originaltext] For many years, scientists have known that people need Vitamin

For many years, scientists have known that people need Vitamin D. Vitamin D helps the body use calcium to develop and strengthen bones and teeth. Studies show that lack of the vitamin is linked to an increased risk of broken bones. Extra Vitamin D may help prevent such breaks. Health experts have traditionally believed that short periods of sunlight each day could provide enough Vitamin D. This is because human skin changes sunlight into Vitamin D. The body then can store this substance.

Around the world, about one-hundred-sixty thousand children under age fifteen are found each year to have cancer. The researchers say eighty-four percent of these cases are found in developing countries. They say only ten percent of children with cancer in these countries survive and many more could be saved if their countries had the resources needed to find cancers and treat them. Children from industrial countries like Britain and the United States who develop cancer have a much better chance to survive.