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Origins

What makes us the way we are?

How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives

Origins, how the Nine Months before Birth shape the rest of our Lives... on Flickr

With the intimacy of a personal memoir and the sweep of a scientific revolution, Origins presents a stunning new vision of our beginnings that will change the way you think about yourself, your children, and human nature itself.

The book’s most chilling section involves the tragic results of thalidomide and diethylstilbestrol (DES), two drugs from the 1950s that were “given to pregnant women in the belief that the fetus would be unaffected.”

Ms. Paul reveals six decades later:

It is evidence of the evolving state of our knowledge that the mechanisms by which these substances do their damage are not completely clear, even now.

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Dedication to a Lost Child

Artist Patricia Ann Wilson says: “The watercolors and drawings, Surviving DES Dedication to a Lost Child are a response to being a DES baby. My mother was given a drug, diethylstilbestrol, when she was pregnant with me. I have health issues as the result. The women who were given this drug between the 1940’s through the late 1970’s were actually being experimented on by the drug companies. These paintings and drawings, are my positive response to a negative situation. My art is my catharsis.” – on Flickr.

Di-ethyl-Stilbestrol 0.1 mg

DiEthyl-Stilbestrol-0.1mgDiethylstilbestrol or DES was sold under many names including Distilbène®, Stilbetin®, Stilboestrol-Borne®, Benzestrol®, Chlorotrianisene®, Estrobene® and Estrosyn® to name just a few. Many different companies manufactured and marketed this drug under more than 200 different brand names.

The Di-ethyl-Stilbestrol 0.1 mg image on Flickr is courtesy of DES Action USA Copyright 2012 All rights reserved.

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Diagnosis ART

See Diagnosis ART on Pinterest. “My name is Penny Oliver and I am committed to creating artwork that will inspire and reinvigorate you in your practice of medicine. By interpreting and translating anatomic, histologic and diagnostic images, I seek to create art that is both beautiful to the layperson and meaningful to the medical professional. Contact me to see how your work and passion can be transformed into a stunning piece of original art.”

Diagnosis ART, Custom Paintings for the Medical Professional.

Penny Oliver – Hyperplasia

“My name is Penny Oliver and I am committed to creating artwork that will inspire and reinvigorate you in your practice of medicine. By interpreting and translating anatomic, histologic and diagnostic images, I seek to create art that is both beautiful to the layperson and meaningful to the medical professional. Contact me to see how your work and passion can be transformed into a stunning piece of original art.” – Diagnosis ART, Custom Paintings for the Medical Professional on Flickr http://bit.ly/Q4B9JK via @des_journal

Toxic Bodies

In 1941 the FDA approved diethylstilbestrol use. In this gripping exploration, N Langston shows how these chemicals have penetrated into every aspect of our bodies and ecosystems, yet the U.S. government has largely failed to regulate them and has skillfully manipulated scientific uncertainty to delay regulation. Personally affected by endocrine disruptors, Langston argues that the FDA needs to institute proper regulation of these commonly produced synthetic chemicals. http://ow.ly/fdbFA on Flickr @des_journal