Some heartburn-medication advertisements imply that unrelieved heartburn is likely to cause esophageal cancer. ββββ ββ ββββββ ββββββ βββ ββββ ββ ββββ ββββ βββββ β βββββββ ββ ββββββ ββββ ββββββ βββββββββ ββββ β βββββββββ ββββββ βββββββββ ββββββββββ ββ βββββ βββββ βββββββ ββ βββββ ββ βββ βββββββββ ββββββ βββββββ ββ βββ βββββ ββββββββββ ββββ βββββ ββββββ ββββ ββ βββββββββ ββββ ββ ββββββββββ ββββββ βββββββ ββ ββββββββββ
Some advertising for heartburn medications is false because unrelieved heartburn is not likely to cause esophageal cancer. In reality, only about 5 percent of people with severe heartburn have a condition that raises the risk of cancer. So, only about 5 percent of peopleβthose with this conditionβare at a higher risk of developing cancer due to heartburn.
The conclusion is the authorβs contention that some heartburn medications are falsely advertised because it is not true that unrelieved heartburn is likely to cause esophageal cancer.
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Only those people ββββ βββββββββ βββββββββ βββ ββββββ ββ βββββββββ ββββ ββ ββββββββββ ββββββ ββββ ββββββββββ
An increase in βββ ββββ ββ ββββββββββ ββββββ ββββββ ββββ βββββ βββββββ ββ βββββ ββ βββ βββββββββ ββββββ ββββββββββ ββ βββ βββββ ββββββββββ
Unrelieved heartburn is βββ ββββββ ββ βββββ ββββββββββ βββββββ
Some heartburn-medication advertisements βββββ ββββ ββββββββββ βββββββββ ββ ββββββ ββ βββββ ββββββββββ βββββββ
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