{
  "id": 16060759,
  "title": "Adding a Mirena IUD during surgery can reduce the risk of hysterectomy in women with heavy menstrual bleeding",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/adding-a-mirena-iud-during-surgery-can-reduce-the-risk-of",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-22T14:40:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-adding-mirena-iud-surgery-hysterectomy.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Fitting a hormonal intrauterine device (IUD) during surgery to help manage heavy menstrual bleeding reduces a woman's risk of needing a hysterectomy in the following two years by more than half, according to a new open-label randomized controlled trial published in The Lancet.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}