{
  "id": 4611357,
  "title": "Why too many women are prescribed antibiotics for UTIs they don't have",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/why-too-many-women-are-prescribed-antibiotics-for-utis-they-dont-have",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-31T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NPR",
    "slug": "npr",
    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/08/31/nx-s1-5947249/infection-uti-bladder-antibiotics-hormone-menopause"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A recent study found that many women treated for recurrent UTIs didn't have UTIs at all. Instead, their symptoms were caused by hormonally driven inflammation and pelvic floor dysfunction.",
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        "title": "Why too many women are prescribed antibiotics for UTIs they don't have",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/why-too-many-women-are-prescribed-antibiotics-for-utis-they-dont-have-4612493",
        "published": "2026-08-31T09:00:00.000Z"
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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."
}