Research could improve detection of liver damage

Friday, September 17, 2010 - 10:21 in Health & Medicine

New research could lead to faster and more accurate diagnoses of liver damage. Scientists in the UK used paracetamol as the basis for the study: research indicates that paracetamol can place temporary stress on the liver in around a third of people who take a normal dose (4g per day) but the liver returns to normal when the drug has left the system.

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