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Suneeta Sunny

Pregnancy Drug Linked To Cancer Spurs Legal Action As Effects Span Generations

A once common pregnancy drug, prescribed to millions of women worldwide for decades before being discontinued, continues to wreak havoc across generations.

The drug, diethylstilbestrol, or DES, was a hormonal drug meant to prevent complications like miscarriage but has since been linked to a range of devastating effects, including cancers, premature births, miscarriages, and ectopic pregnancies.

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