Energy drinks can cause heart problems in healthy teenagers,scientists fear.Researchers are urging doctors,parents and teachers to monitor children's drinking more closely because marketing them as relieving tiredness and providing physical and mental power ignores major concerns. Dr Fabian Sanchis-Gomar...
MINNEAPOLIS— Energy drinks have been around since the 1940s, and in recent years, they've become all the buzz — especially with young people. But studies have shown they may not be as popular with our hearts. So do energy drinks cause heart issues? Good Question. Caffeine and college st...
People who have high blood pressure or heart disease should avoid consuming energy drinks, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study to be published online Wednesday in the Annals of Pharmacotherapy. Researchers found that healthy adults who drank two cans a day of a popular energy drink ...
The American Beverage Association responded to the study by saying “there is nothing unique about the caffeine in mainstream energy drinks, which is about half that of a similar sized cup of coffeehouse coffee.” The group also said scientific research and regulatory bodies have established the s...
6.Energy drinks can cause heart problems in healthy teenagers,scientists fear.Researchers are urging doctors,parents and teachers to monitor children's drinking more closely because marketing them as relieving tiredness and providing physical and mental power ignores major concerns. ...
People who have high blood pressure or heart disease should avoid consuming energy drinks, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study to be published online Wednesday in the Annals of Pharmacotherapy.
and taurine, with findings showing more forceful heart contractions after the drink, especially in the left ventricle, which is the chamber of that heart that pumps blood around the body… “Until now, we haven’t known exactly what effect these energy drinks have on the function of the ...
Blood pressure and heart rate naturally go up during physical activity, Kalus said. “This could be further augmented by energy drinks. Energy drinks could affect some individuals if they didn’t know they had a problem in the first place,” he said. “The study raises some concerns.” ...
"This adds to our knowledge and confirms prior data suggesting energy drinks may have some deleterious effects on the heart and vascular system, but if those affects are long-term in a population base we don't know," said Dr. Dermot Phelan, medical director of Cleveland Clinic's Sports Card...
Energy drinks containing high amounts of caffeine (80-300 mg per serving) and stimulants like taurine, guarana, carnitine, and ginseng may increase the risk of sudden cardiac arrest, heart arrhythmias, and other life-threatening heart issues, especially in individuals with genetic heart conditions ...