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Heartbroken and stunned, the friends of Lanna Hamann cannot believe that the healthy and athletic 16-year-old died this weekend of cardiac arrest.
It's rare for someone so young to die of a heart attack.
In the hours leading up to her death, she had consumed "energy drinks".
Valley cardiologist Jack Wolfson said the likely culprit in this case was high levels of caffeine and sugar in energy drinks.
"There is medical evidence that these things do harm, they can cause changes in the heart rhythm, and impact blood pressure," he said.
Wolfson said that simply put, energy drinks are not safe.
"These drinks should be regulated as alcohol is, no one under the age of 21 should be allowed to have these drinks,"
http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/25814234/2014/06/18/16-year-old
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...a-teen-dies-mexico-vacation-article-1.1839141
http://time.com/2894272/social-media-campaign-takes-aim-at-red-bull-following-teens-death/
It's rare for someone so young to die of a heart attack.
In the hours leading up to her death, she had consumed "energy drinks".
Valley cardiologist Jack Wolfson said the likely culprit in this case was high levels of caffeine and sugar in energy drinks.
"There is medical evidence that these things do harm, they can cause changes in the heart rhythm, and impact blood pressure," he said.
Wolfson said that simply put, energy drinks are not safe.
"These drinks should be regulated as alcohol is, no one under the age of 21 should be allowed to have these drinks,"
http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/25814234/2014/06/18/16-year-old
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...a-teen-dies-mexico-vacation-article-1.1839141
http://time.com/2894272/social-media-campaign-takes-aim-at-red-bull-following-teens-death/