dr. bill lloyd joins us right now. healthy vitamins, a big business.everyone benefit from daily vitamin supplements? >> fredericka, the evidence shows that most americans, adults and children who eat a balanced diet don't need to be takinge ing ing a daily multipl. but there are some who should be taking supplements. young women who could become pregnant, they should take folic acid and also women in the first trimester, it's important for protecting their babies from birth defects. they also should be taking supplemental vitamin d, older americans, folks over 55, they also need vitamins to protect their bones and they also need vitamin b 12 to protect their brain. it's been shown you can have improved brain power and anyone who's been diagnoseddeficiency, vegetarians also have to load on b vitamins because they can't get them in a vegan diet. >> why are there so many different kinds vitamins now in the world you make a selection? >> serials are loaded with vitamins, but to the point as to why there's so many products on those aisles, the requirements

dr. bill lloyd, a father of three himself joins us now. happy father's day in advance.n is a father's influence first felt. >> fredericka, not long ago people thought fathers were becoming irrelevant. but the science shows that the favorable influence of fathers impacts both the physical health and the emotional health of children in every stage of their life. even at the moment of delivery, the presence of the father means less pain for the mother and a safer delivery. and fewer complications for the baby. as toddlers develop, we know that the presence of the father in the family improves the language skills. as children grow, there's more play time with dad and that means stronger children. i can do a hand stand and i thank my father for that. and for adolescents, life lessons regarding important choices they're going to make regarding choices they're going to make for the rest of their life. >> with a 50% divorce rate, many dads no longer living in the house hold with their children. so these two research study results show that in 1963, 89% of dads lived with kids a

dr. bill lloyd is joining us from chicago, attending the annual meeting of the specials of oncology.s information is hot off the presses. we certainly appreciate it. thanks for joining us. >> oh, it's a wonderful time to be here in chicago, at the meeting, rochelle, because the revolution is under way. without painting too rosy a picture, it is cancer, after all, but since 1970, there has been a four-fold jump in the decrease in cancer, and you look at the ten-year survival rate, they're equal to what used to be five-year survival rates. people are not only living longer. they're enjoying better lives even though they have cancer and pashzs now have more options than ever before. >> tell us what some of the weapons are on the war on cancer that are helping us mack these improvements by leaps and bounds. >> let me tell you about five powerful weapons that weren't here just a few years ago. the first is the internet. it's allowed researchers to clab ratd like never before. and for patients, they can use trials to find out about the latest research in fighting cancer. osin the past, we

dr. bill lloyd joined our richelle carey from chicago yesterday where he was attending the world's largester treatment specialists. he offered five reasons for the latest successes in the war on cancer. >> without painting too rosey a picture, it is cancer, after all, but since 1970 there's been a four-fold jump in the number of cancer survivors in just four decades, which is an enormous growth. if you look at the ten-year survival for different cancers they're equal to what used to be five-year survivals. people are not only living longer, they're enjoying better lives even though they have cancer. richelle, patients now have more options than ever before. >> dr. lloyd, tell us what some of the weapons are in the war on cancer that are helping us make these improvements by leaping and bounds. >> let me tell you about five powerful weapons that weren't here just a few years ago. the first one is the internet. it's allowed researchers to collaborate and work together like never before. for patients, they can use the internet as well. i recommend clinicaltrials.gov to find out about the late