Nephrologist Says Sales Of Energy Drinks Should Be Regulated.

HeartWire  (5/4, Nainggolan) reports that nephrologist Magdalena Szotowska, the "lead researcher of a small study that has found that energy drinks can increase blood pressure and cause tachycardia and arrhythmias in healthy volunteers, believes that sales of these products should be regulated." Szotowska, "reporting her findings at the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) European Meeting on Hypertension 2012...also told HeartWire that doctors 'should advise people with hypertension, heart problems, and diabetes not to drink these.'"