Safe Dosages Of Common Pain Reliever May Help Prevent Conditions Related To Aging, Research Shows

Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 09:14 in Health & Medicine

Recent studies have shown that use of the common pain reliever acetaminophen may help prevent age-associated muscle loss and other conditions. Their study examined how acetaminophen may affect the regulation of protein kinase B (Akt), an enzyme known to play an important role in regulation of cellular survival, proliferation and metabolism.

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