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'We were given pregnancy drug that ruined lives - silent scandal must end"
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (490+ words) Health Secretary Wes Streeting to meet those affected by diethylstilbestrol (DES) given to pregnant women from up to 1970s in "one of biggest pharmaceutical scandals" Victims of a scandal where pregnant women were given a drug linked to cancer will meet…...
Pregnancy drug given to 300,000 women linked to 30 per cent higher cancer risk
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (648+ words) Health Secretary Wes Streeting may start an enhanced screening programme after a pregnancy drug given to hundreds of thousands of women was linked to cancer. The minister was responding to an ITV News investigation into links between cancer cases and…...