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Marian Vickers

Marian Vickers is a DES daughter and, in 1979, was a founding member of DES Action Australia. As the DES story has evolved over the years so her focus has broadened – from issues around DES exposure to the wider issue of safety of pharmaceuticals; and finally to an understanding of endocrine disruptors and the implications for public health, particularly in terms of inadequate drug safety surveillance and reporting systems. In 2008 Marian became a ‘Gardasil mother’ when her elder daughter’s health was severely impacted by the HPV vaccine. Not only did she gain an appreciation of what DES mothers went through, she sees disturbing parallels between the DES and Gardasil stories.

DES Cancer, HPV, Pap Smear

Save the Pap Smear! A DES Daughter’s Perspective on Cervical Cancer and the HPV Vaccine

by Marian Vickers
January 22, 2024
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DES daughters have unique credentials and knowledge regarding cervical cancer. We have become cervical cancer “experts” based on our own shared experiences

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DES Pandora's Box

Discovering DES: Opening Pandora’s Box

by Marian Vickers
October 26, 2023
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Diethylstilbestrol (DES) is a synthetic estrogen. Known as DES in the United States, it is more commonly known as stilboestrol in the

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tall girls DES

When Being a Tall Girl Was a Medical Condition: DES and the Tall Girls

by Marian Vickers
July 26, 2022
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To treat young healthy prepubescent girls with a known carcinogen to stunt their adult height sounds like a bizarre science fiction experiment,

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pap smear vs HPV test

The HPV Test Versus the Pap Smear: What Women Need to Know

by Marian Vickers
July 3, 2019
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In a previous article, I wrote about how, as a DES daughter, I felt I had a distinct advantage of gaining my

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