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US Teen Died After Drinking Caffeine Too Quickly, Coroner Says

A healthy teenager who downed multiple caffeine-loaded drinks, too fast, collapsed and died from cardiac arrest at school, BBC.com reports. Health officials said it was “not a caffeine overdose” but, rather, due to his drinking too much over a short period of time. They estimated he had consumed about 470 mg of caffeine in less than two hours. For whatever reason this teen was chugging caffeinated drinks back-to-back so fast, this is a tragic illustration of why it’s best...