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Daughters face DES drug cancer risk
Aug 7, 2006 | www.guardian.co.uk
The daughters of women who took the common pregnancy drug DES (diethylstilboestrol) face an increased risk of developing breast cancer, researchers...
STUDY SUGGESTS THAT DISEASES CAUSED BY SOME TOXINS MAY BE PASSED DOWN THROUGH SEVERAL GENERATIONS
Jun 5, 2005 | www.Newsinferno.com
In studies involving the drug diethylstilbestrol (DES), the scientific community was compelled to acknowledge the very real possibility that toxic...
DES Exposure May Impair Later Function of the Uterus
Mar 9, 2005 | Tulane University
A new study by Tulane University researchers, published in the March edition of Molecular Endocrinology, provides insight into one of the ways...
Warning On Miscarriage Drug
Jun 8, 2004 | Queensland Sunday Mail,
All women are urged to contact their mothers today to find out whether they were prescribed a hormone used to prevent miscarriage which has now been...
Children, Even Grandchildren Affected By DES Legacy
Sep 26, 2003 | The Washington Post
It is with numb precision that Chris Vanselous recounts a long succession of failed pregnancies. She miscarried six babies before the birth of her...
Drug Prescribed To Pregnant Woman Causing Health Problems
Sep 15, 2003 | www.Milwaukee Channel.com
Millions of women may have been exposed to a dangerous drug when they Were conceived. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,...
Hormone Given To Pregnant Women Leaves A Legacy of Suffering
May 8, 2003 | SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
Anne Leavitt is healthy. She keeps busy running a household, rearing three children, working part time as a pediatrician at the University of...
Hidden Toll of DES, A Generation Later Anti-Miscarriage Drug Now Linked To Cancer
Apr 14, 2003 | USA TODAY
Most people can't even pronounce diethylstilbestrol, let alone recall the drug's legacy.Yet for more than three decades, doctors routinely prescribed...
CDC Launches New Comprehensive Information Resource About Exposure to Diethylstilbestrol (DES)
Mar 4, 2003 | www.cdc.gov
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced the launch of the DES Update Web site, a resource that individuals who were...
Pregnancy Drug Linked To Cancer
Sep 30, 2002 | BBC
Thousands of women whose mothers took a frequently-prescribed drug in pregnancy may be at much higher risk of breast cancer. The drug,...
DES Diethylstilbestrol
