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DES In The News

Coverage of Article in the New England Journal of Medicine (10/6/2011) Listing Adverse Health Impacts of DES

Abstract of New England Journal of Medicine Article – 10/6/2011

Journal Watch (published by NEJM) – 10/6/2011 – of note are the investigator comments in yellow!

Associated Press Syndicated Article by Marilyn Marchione – 10/6/2011

Time.com by Bonnie Rochman – 10/6/2011

CNN Health by Amanda Macmillan – 10/5/2011

National Public Radio by Richard Knox – 10/5/2011

Coverage of DES Breast Cancer Litigation in Federal Court/Boston

WBNS-TV – 10/10/2011 – Columbus, OH CBS affiliate interviews DES Daughter plaintiff

Associated Press article by Denise Lavoie – 1/20/2012 judge orders negotiated settlement (pretrial)

Boston Globe article by Deborah Kotz – 1/20/2012 judge orders negotiated settlement (pretrial)

WBNS-TV – 1/23/2012 – Columbus, OH CBS affiliate – judge orders negotiated settlement (pretrial)

KSHB-TV – 2/2/2012 – Kansas City NBC affiliate interviews DES Daughter plaintiff (pretrial)

Negotiations Fail – Trial Begins January 2013

Associated Press article by Denise Lavoie – 1/3/2013 previews DES breast cancer trial

WCVB-TV – 1-3-2013 – Boston ABC affiliate – preview of trial

Portland Press article by Kelley Bouchard – 1/7/2013 – Maine DES Daughter plaintiff discusses trial

WBZ-TV – 1/8/2013 – Boston CBS affiliate – previews DES breast cancer trial

Associated Press article by Denise Lavoie – 1/8/2013 – opening arguments in Boston Federal Court

WCVB-TV – 1/8/2013 – Boston ABC affiliate – opening day of trial

WBZ-TV – 1/9/2013 – Boston CBS affiliate – settlement offered – remaining plaintiffs negotiate their own

WCVB-TV – 1/9/2013 – Boston ABC affiliate – settlement offered

WPVI-TV – 2/15/13 – Philadelphia ABC affiliate – settlement offered – local woman hopeful

 

40th Anniversary of Discovery Linking DES To Cancer

Boston Globe article by Deborah Kotz – 4/18/2011

 U of Chicago ScienceLife – 5/18/2011 interview (w/video) of Dr. Arthur Herbst
 

DES Linked To Breast Cancer

National Public Radio – report by Patti Neighmond – 8/8/2006 – DES Daughters and breast cancer risk

HealthDay – article by Serena Gordon – 8/8/2006 – DES Daughters Face Higher Breast Cancer Risk

Guardian Unlimited (UK) – article by David Batty – 8/7/2006 – DES Daughters and Breast Cancer

Daily Mail (Australia) – article by Fiona Macrae – 8/7/2006 – DES and Breast Cancer Fears

San Antonio Express News – column by Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje – 9/22/06 – Personal Experience w/DES

 

General New Coverage of DES Issues

Washington Post – article by Leef Smith – 9/23/2003 – comprehensive overview of DES

 

Opinion Pieces

NYTimes Oped by Frances K. Howell – 5/9/2011 – “Risks of Taking Hormones”

NYTimes Oped by Nicholas Kristof – 5/2/2012 – “How Chemicals Affect Us”

 

Blog Posts

Our Bodies Ourselves – by Susan Bell – 6-2-2011 “A Story of Doctors Not Knowing Best”

Lodi News-Sentinel by Kimberly Anger –  11-13-2011 “Some Stories Simply Do Not End . . . Ever”

KosAbility by Clytemnestra  – 12/11/2011 “I Was A Fetal Experiment”

SpryLiving by Katie Neal – 2/22/2013 – “A DES Daughter Fight Back”

 

 

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