According to a new study in rats, a key byproduct of acetaminophen, called AM404, may block pain at the source before it has a chance to reach the brain.

Doctors compare household painkillers like ibuprofen and acetaminophen, explaining their mechanisms and when each works best for pain and inflammation.

A dive into the archives shows 'Tylenol Murders' of 1982 spread fear throughout the country A new Netflix docuseries take listeners behind the scenes of the investigation. Articles from newspaper ...

Acetaminophen may be doing more than just dulling pain in your brain it could be stopping it before it even starts. Scientists at Hebrew University have discovered that a metabolite of the drug ...

Why acetaminophen works: New discovery ends longstanding mystery by Hebrew University of Jerusalem edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

Who were the victims of the so-called Tylenol Murders? On Sept. 28, 1982, 12-year-old Mary Kellerman from Elk Grove Village was hospitalized after taking one Extra-Strength Tylenol capsule.

For years, the assertion that the abortion pill was safer than commonly used drugs was repeated, eventually morphing into the comparison with Tylenol.

Acetaminophen (Tylenol), on the other hand, is dispatched to receptors in the brain and the spinal cord, but what it does from there is a little more mysterious.

Netflix's 'Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders' investigates who was responsible for at least seven deaths: a psychopath or a drug company?

In Chicago 1982, taking acetaminophen was a little like playing Russian Roulette. At least seven people died after ingesting cyanide-laced Extra Strength Tylenol capsules and to this day, the feds ...

A Tylenol murder suspect speaks James Lewis, the top suspect in the Tylenol murders case for 40 years, is interviewed in 'Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders.' Courtesy of Netflix ...

The Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders directors explain how they got the FBI’s lone suspect in the case to participate in their docuseries.