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Overuse of some over-the-counter pain medications is known to be a contributing factor in the development of liver disease.
At least some patients who have adecuate health insurance consult physicians whenever they experience pain that others without health insurance would treat with over-the-counter pain medications
Many physicians recommend the daily use of over-the-counter pain medication to patients who have been diagnosed with heart disease or certain types of cancer.
Among those who use over-the-counter pain medications either infrequently or never, the rate of most serious medical conditions is no lower than it is in the overall population.
Many patients with adequate health insurance are hesitant to seek medical help for conditions that are serious enough to require specialized care, which is often only partially covered only by their insurers.
Human industry is not responsible for the rise in average ocean temperatures over recent decades.
The effect of increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is not reflected in increased average ocean temperatures until several decades after the increase in carbon dioxide levels has begun.
Although the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere can increase average ocean temperatures, there is no evidence that such emissions by human industry are responsible for the increase in average ocean temperatures over recent decades.
There is evidence of significant natural fluctuations in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and average ocean temperatures in Earth's distant past.
There is evidence that the beliefs of many scientists concerning the cause of recent increases in averrage ocean temperatures on Earth may not be correct.
Prices charged by insurance companies do not take into account likely future increases in the legal costs incurred by those companies.
Because insurers are publicly traded companies that must meet profit goals, many increases in cost are followed by an increase in prices that exceeds the amount of the cost increase by a fixed amount.
The bond market, which has yielded historically low returns in recent years, has no significant effect on the prices that insurance companies charge.
The increase in awards is due to the increased incidence of catastrophic losses in the most populous cities, where operating costs are highest.
The legal costs of companies outside the insurance industry have increased at a rate that is comparable to the rate at which legal costs to insurers have increased.
Factors not considered important by those who are currently the customers of the manager's restaurant will not prevent the restaurant's overall popularity from increasing.
The popularity of the manager's restaurant depends at least in part upon the size of the restaurant's wine list.
The restaurant next door does not serve food that is far more popular with most potential customers than is the food that the manager's restaurant serves.
The popularity of the restaurant next door is due to its overall superior quality of service.
Custormers who would be appealed to by increasing the size of the wine list in the manager's restaurant do not demand the finest décor in restaurants they choose to patronize.
Identifying a contradiction between Juan's evidence and the conclusion he draws from it.
Dismissing the relevance of advertising to Juan's conclusion about the electorate's knowledge.
Attacking Juan's qualifications to criticize candidates for public office.
Introducing an alternative criterion for evaluationg the adequacy of the candidates' efforts.
Calling into question the accuracy of Juan's evidence.
Applies a standard for accepting the correctness of a single theory that may be equally well satisfied by some other competing theory.
Fails to establish that the contradictory results mentioned in the argument are the results of error on the part of investigators.
Relies upon the ambiguous use of a key term.
Confuses an experimental result that may be possible with one that is observed in all cases.
Presupposes without warrant that no reputable scientist considers classical mechanincs to provide correct explanation of subatomic phenomena.
The fact that the newspaper's coverage of the ballot initiative is not irresponsible is taken as evidence that the coverage is adequate.
The fact that the newspaper's coverage of the ballot initiative meets one condition necessary for it to be responsible is taken as evidence that the coverage is not irresponsible.
The fact that a single requirement exists for evaluating whether the newspaper's coverage of the ballot initiative is responsible is taken as evidence that all responsible coverage must include the same views of the ballot intiative.
The fact that alternative views on a controversial issue must be provided in the newspaper's coverage of the ballot initiative is taken as evidence that the ballot initiative itself is controversial.
The fact that the newspaper elected not to provide any coverage of the ballot initiative is taken as evidence that the coverage was therefore not responsible.
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