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Six facts everyone should know about Tylenol

Acetaminophen (Tylenol) is the most widely used pain reliever and fever reducer in the United States, and it’s a common ingredient that’s readily available in most parts of the world. When taken as directed, it’s thought to be safe, but it’s very important that the following facts are well known:

Acetaminophen causes more overdoses and overdose deaths, due to [...]

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Fast food binge found to induce dangerous liver changes similar to damage from alcohol

Eating at least two hamburger-based fast-food meals a day for one week, in combination with a sedentary lifestyle was accompanied by rapid and profound elevations in liver enzymes and hepatic triglycerides, researchers have found.  These sharp increases in liver enzymes, which was similar to damage from alcohol, occurred after just one week and more than quadrupled [...]

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