Risky pregnancy drug raised daughters’ cancer odds (AP)

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This Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 photo shows Debbie Wingard in her office at the University of California-San Diego where she is a professor. Wingard has had breast cancer twice and has been unable to conceive which she believes is due to her mother's use of the drug DES during pregnancy. The drug that millions of pregnant women took decades ago to prevent miscarriage and complications has put their daughters at higher risk for breast cancer and other health problems that are showing up now, a new federal study finds. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)AP – A drug that millions of pregnant women took decades ago to prevent miscarriage and complications has put their daughters at higher risk for breast cancer and other health problems that are showing up now, a new federal study finds.

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