{
  "id": 4039102,
  "title": "These Women Face Higher Risk for Anal Sphincter Tears During Birth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/these-women-face-higher-risk-for-anal-sphincter-tears-during-birth",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-28T20:48:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MedPage Today",
    "slug": "medpage-today",
    "url": "https://www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/urinaryincontinence/122816"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "(MedPage Today) -- Certain clinical and demographic factors were associated with higher rates of obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASI) among first-time mothers during vaginal birth, a large cohort study found. In a study of more than half a million...",
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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."
}