{
  "id": 5228478,
  "title": "Endometriosis: A long‑ignored disease, despite symptoms that can be traced back to ancient times",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/endometriosis-a-long-ignored-disease-despite-symptoms-that-can-be",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-03T02:20:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-endometriosis-longignored-disease-symptoms-ancient.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Intense pelvic pain, severely painful periods, infertility—these symptoms associated with endometriosis appeared in medical texts as far back as antiquity. Yet this disease, which affects 10% of women of reproductive age, long remained ignored. The reason: the long history of medical and social representations of female pain.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}