{"id":264202,"date":"2025-07-23T09:04:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T08:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/mps-urge-health-secretary-to-take-action-over-cancer-linked-pregnancy-drug-des-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T09:04:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T08:04:55","slug":"mps-urge-health-secretary-to-take-action-over-cancer-linked-pregnancy-drug-des-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/mps-urge-health-secretary-to-take-action-over-cancer-linked-pregnancy-drug-des-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"MPs urge Health Secretary to take action over cancer-linked pregnancy drug DES | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/8N5nuy21kuw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"MPs urge Health Secretary to take action over cancer-linked pregnancy drug DES | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8N5nuy21kuw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A group of more than 30 MPs has written a letter to the Health Secretary urging him to take action over a controversial drug given to pregnant women, following an ITV News investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Diethylstilbestrol, also known as DES or Stilbestrol, was prescribed to an estimated 300,000 women to prevent miscarriage and stop breast milk until the late 1970s, when it was linked to an aggressive type of cancer.<\/p>\n<p>If the drug was taken by women who were pregnant, the harm could have been passed down to their children.<\/p>\n<p>ITV News has been contacted by hundreds of women who say their health has been damaged by DES &#8211; and last week we revealed that it was still being prescribed to women on the NHS nearly a decade after it should have been banned.<\/p>\n<p>Now MPs are calling on the government to take action and save lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of more than 30 MPs has written a letter to the Health Secretary urging him to take action over a controversial drug given to pregnant women, following an ITV News investigation. 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