No Power for Power drinks

Doctors, Sen. Durbin call on energy drink makers to not appeal to kids - chicagotribune.com: "Dr. David Zich is fed up with seeing young patients check into his emergency room convinced that they're going to die.

The symptoms — heart palpitations, anxiety, shortness of breath, tremors — are caused by consumption of highly concentrated stimulants like caffeine and have become "commonplace" in emergency rooms, said Zich, who specializes in emergency medicine and internal medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

"When I find out that they've drunk three Red Bulls, sometimes I think, are you surprised?" Zich said Monday at a news conference about consumption of energy drinks by youths. Some of the drinks contain far more caffeine than a standard soda or cup of coffee."

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