Tag: Women’s health

Dr. Mark Sherry comments on DES Diethylstilbestrol

Mark Sherry, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Sociology, has developed a series of YouTube videos to support his teaching (particularly for online classes) and discuss books that his students are studying.

Below is one of these videos in which he discusses
“DES Daughters – Embodied Knowledge and the Transformation of  Women’s Health Politics”
a book by Susan E. Bell

Online lecture highlights :

  • An overview of Susan E. Bell’s book
  • An overview of the DES Timeline
  • The DES side effects experienced by DES Daughters and DES Sons
  • The social action component of research and how DES activists forced medicine to change, how DES victims got together to force a federal task force to look into the DES issues and how a national registry was developed to record DES health issues
  • An overview of Susan E. Bell’s DES studies
  • How DES was marketed
  • Assignments about real DES stories
  • DES third generation

Video published on May 21, 2012 by Dr. Mark Sherry.

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Attorney Stephen Sheller comments on DES Diethylstilbestrol

Video published on Jul 19, 2012 by ShellerPC

Archival footage from 1989 with Attorney Stephen Sheller P.C., Dorie Lenz Public Affairs Director on WPHL-TV and Sue Lawler DES Action PA.

The interview addresses the following questions and many more:

  • What if a DES Daughter marries a DES Son?
  • Why is it so important to educate not only the medical profession but also consumers about DES and its devastating side effects?
  • How did a drug – once given in full faith to prevent miscarriage – end up being given as a Day After Pill?
  • How comes the Department of Agriculture banned the use of DES in animals before it was banned in pregnant women?
  • Why did DES continue to be prescribed after a 1953 study suggested that DES was ineffective to prevent miscarriage?
  • Why was DES marketed for use in pregnancy even though it had never been tested on pregnant animals?

Video published on Jul 19, 2012 by ShellerPC.

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Diethylstilbestrol DES Drug for Pregnant Women

Late 1980s video published on Jul 12, 2012 by ShellerPC

Archival footage from late 1980s with Attorney Stephen Sheller, P.C. on AM Philadelphia which brings the DES matter to people’s attention and acknowledges the devastating side effects of this drug on women and men and over three generations.

Video published on Jul 12, 2012 by ShellerPC.

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Health compromised by DES Drug

DES Daughters Andrea Goldstein and Caitlin McCarthy interviews

YouTube video from benzestrol © courtesy of TheBostonChannel
UPDATED Jun 06, 2011 Segment Three: Medical Journal

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Effets transgénérationnels des perturbateurs endocriniens: les leçons du DES

Endocrine Disruptors and Lessons from DES Diethylstilbestrol

Pour plus d’information sur la journée tenue à l’Assemblée Nationale le 10 Avril 2012 vous pouvez lire cet article: Les Perturbateurs Endocriniens publié le 26 Avril dernier.

Intervention du Dr Annie J. Sasco, Médecin épidémiologiste du cancer, sur le thème “Effets transgénérationnels des perturbateurs endocriniens: les leçons du DES” lors de la table-ronde organisée par WECF le 10 avril sur le thème “Perturbateurs endocriniens, effets et mécanismes d’action de la conception à la maturité”.

Le Distilbène DES, en savoir plus

Endocrine Disruptors: DES Lessons

On Tuesday 10th April 2012, the French National Assembly hosted a debate around the harmful effects of endocrine disruptors to convince governments to take action.  French and foreign Endocrine Disruptors (ED) specialists attended the event, gave presentations and discussed the many issues associated with ED.  Among them was Dr. Annie J. Sasco , Cancer epidemiologist, INSERM Research Director, University of Bordeaux, France,  who worked on the transgenerational effects of endocrine disruptors, more specifically those of DES: “I am very pessimistic. For 30 years, cancer has doubled in the world. The DES tragedy is not enough. Even though DES was registered in 1939 in Britain on the poisons’ list, and it had been proven it was ineffective for the prevention of miscarriage since 1953, nothing prevented this drug from being widely produced and prescribed. It has been recognized as a carcinogenic drug since 1974, and it is now proven to have effects on the third generation in terms of risk of cancer, including ovarian and genital malformation rate 18 times higher than normal. We’ve just banned Bisphenol A in baby bottles yet the risks were known since the 30s. Another example is hormone replacement therapy: its extended use to 10 years of treatment is associated with an increased risk of cancer. ”

You can find more information about this debate by reading this article published on April, 26th (approximate translation by Google).

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New England Journal of Medicine Report

Diethylstilbestrol in utero exposure and cancers risk, 2011

From Maryland – Exposure to Diethylstilbestrol in the womb raises a woman’s risk of many cancers, according to a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers studied over 6500 women, 4600 of whom were exposed to DES in the womb. Results showed that this exposure significantly increased risk of many cancers and fertility problems, including a 40x increased risk of clear-cell adenocarcinoma, 8x increased risk of neonatal death, 2.4x increased risk of infertility and a 1.8x increased risk of breast cancer.

Video from Insidermedicine In 60.

Watch our compilation of DES Videos in English on YouTube via the Diethylstilboestrol Channel.

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Beating Cancer One Lap at a Time

DES Daughter Susan Helmrich is one of the best swimmers in the world in her age group

Susan Helmrich is one of the best swimmers in the world in her age group. She’s also a three-time cancer survivor and a victim of one of the greatest drug tragedies in history. With luck, determination, great medical care, the support of family and friends and the benefits of the sport of swimming, Susan has fought to escape the deadly legacy of a supposed wonder drug turned nightmare.

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SlideShow DES Adverts

Back in the 1950’s and 1960’s, doctors were the target for most drug advertising campaigns including DES

DES Adverts Information

desPLEX

 

Back in the 1950’s and 1960’s, doctors were the target for most drug advertising campaigns including DES as shows this Flickr album.

Drug companies supplied hundreds of doctors with samples to give to their female patients, thus creating a market for the drug (in the case of diethylstilbestrol even before it was approved by the FDA).

Somehow DES set the template of “How To” market a dangerous drug to women. In 1948, diethylstilbestrol was advertised as the “Wonder Drug” recommended for all pregnancies. The face of a cherubic infant grinned up from the pages of medical journals next to the caption: “Really? Yes, desPLEX to prevent abortion, miscarriage and premature labor…bigger and stronger babies“.

As early as 1953, research revealed that DES did not work – that DES actually brought about higher rates of premature birth and infant mortality – yet DES continued to be prescribed to pregnant women for decades mainly because pharmaceutical companies continued to heavily promote DES use to doctors and most doctors relied on the drug companies and their sales representatives for information.

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SlideShow DES Research

About chemicals that, at certain doses, can interfere with the endocrine (or hormone) system in mammals

DES and EDCs Research

The DES Mouse at 6 Months of Age

 

The Flickr “DES Research” photo set features a selection of graphs, stats and the 2011 AFSSAPS DES survey report from France about the adverse effects of Diethylstilbestrol, the synthetic oestrogen prescribed to millions of pregnant women around the world decades ago in the mistaken belief that it would reduce the risk of complications during pregnancy.

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The DES Generations Concern

Diethylstilbestrol DES has consequences for those who took it, their children and maybe their grandchildren

Meet Caitlin McCarthy, a multi-award winning writer and DES Daughter. Diethylstilbestrol DES has consequences for those who took it, their children and maybe their grandchildren.

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