{
  "id": 1973954,
  "title": "Stop putting women through brutal hysteroscopies without pain relief | Letters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/stop-putting-women-through-brutal-hysteroscopies-without-pain-relief",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-19T16:46:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Health",
    "slug": "guardian-health",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/19/stop-putting-women-through-brutal-hysteroscopies-without-pain-relief"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The medical system is biased against women, says Carole Kendall , pointing to the very different way men who have colonoscopies are treated I fully endorse everything Anna Moore writes in her excellent article on the lack of pain relief for hysteroscopies ( ‘It was barbaric. I was crying my eyes out’: why are so many women left in agony by routine womb examinations?, 16 August ). I have had three…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}