The Gallup Poll estimates that up to 40% of the USA population suffers heartburn at least once a month. Heartburn is the main symptom of Hiatal Hernia and Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease Syndrome (GERDS). Of the patients seeking medical help, 10-20% have complications: Esophageal Ulcers, Esophagitis, Stricture with Dysphagia i.e. difficulty swallowing, LPR Syndrome of hoarse voice with recurrent and chronic sore throat, Aspiration Pneumonia and Asthmatic Bronchitis, Anemia from chronic bleeding of the esophagus and upper stomach and last but not least the precancerous condition of Barrett Esophagus. Until recently Barrett Esophagus, which is the creeping of stomach lining into the esophagus, was considered a minor threat. However, in the New England Journal of Medicine, dated March 19, 1999 summarized a day earlier on March 18, 1999 in USA Today, stated “people who suffered heartburn or regurgitated at least once a week were nearly eight times more likely than others to develop esophageal adenocarcinoma (cancer). They were twice as likely to develop stomach cancer ”. It went on to say that medical “treatment for heartburn or regurgitation didn’t reduce the risk of esophageal cancer.” The article went on to say that “Esophageal cancer is the eighth-most-common cancer worldwide” and “They recommend people with severe heartburn be treated to heal their esophagus, not just to relieve their symptoms” Esophageal adenocarcinoma is known to be the most rapidly increasing cancer in the USA.

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