Teen Collapses, Dies After 3 Caffeinated Beverages

Caffeine has been found to increase heart rate, blood pressure, speech rate, motor activity, attentiveness, gastric secretion, diuresis, and temperature, according to the AAP report that Schneider co-authored. It’s also known to create sleep disturbances, increase anxiety disorders, and trigger arrhythmias, as is thought to have happened in Davis’ case.