{
  "id": 9586413,
  "title": "Nearly 1 in 5 people with sight loss report encountering bogus treatments",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/nearly-1-in-5-people-with-sight-loss-report-encountering-bogus",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-24T16:20:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-people-sight-loss-encountering-bogus.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An international study of almost 1,000 people living with sight loss, led by University College London (UCL) researchers, found that nearly one in five reported receiving or encountering eye treatments they believed to be \"bogus.\"",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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    "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."
}