Caffeinated Energy drinks - harmful or helpful?

There is no evidence to support the claim that caffeine is generally recognized as safe
UCM190372.pdf

Facts About Energy Drinks
Karrie Heneman, PhD, Sheri Zidenberg-Cherr, PhD,
Nutrition Science Specialists, University of California
Infosheets/EnergyDrinks.pdf

The Effect of Caffeinated Drinks on Heart Rate
J1712.pdf

Effects of Caffeine
Caffeine.pdf

Rehydration with a Caffeinated Beverage
Rehydration .pdf

Energy Drinks: The Truth Behind the Boost - Fact Sheet
by Zaira Ahmad, M.S., Nutrition and Daryl Minch, M.Ed., CFCS,
Fact Sheet.pdf

Energy drinks: harmful or helpful?
Energy drinks.pdf

How caffeine affects the body. Is caffeine addictive?
caffeine.pdf

Evaluation of current caffeine content of coffee beverages:
Recommendations for Clinicians Regarding Caffeine Exposure
By Bruce A. Goldberger, PhD,  Mary C. Lessig, BS, 
Rachel R. McCusker, BS,  Edward J. Cone, PhD, Mark S. Gold, MD
sobpcaffiene.pdf

Caffeine in the diet
washington.edu/Caffeine in the diet.pdf

Energy Drinks, Alcopops, and Youth - Adolescent Update
By Daryl A. Lynch, MD, FAAP, FSAM
Update_Sept._Oct.Vol.10.pdf

Caffeine and Energy Boosting Drugs: Energy Drinks
from Idaho RADAR Network Center, Boisestate.edu
EnergyDrinks.pdf

Caffeinated energy drinks—A growing problem
by Chad J. Reissiga, Eric C. Straina, Roland R. Griffiths
Drug and Alcohol Dependence 99 (2009) 1–10
Caffiene_problems.pdf

Alcoholic Energy Drinks - Center for Science In The Public Interest
Alcospeed_fact_sheet.pdf

Published articles

1. Acute Effects of a Caffeine-Taurine Energy Drink on Repeated Sprint Performance of Collegiate American Football Players.
2. Effects of a caffeine-containing energy drink on simulated soccer performance.
3. Energy drinks: What is all the hype? The dangers of energy drink consumption.
4. Comparison of the effects of energy drink versus caffeine supplementation on indices of 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure.
5. Associations between energy drink consumption and alcohol use behaviors among college students.
6. The acute effect of a caffeine containing energy drink on mood state, readiness to invest effort and resistance exercise to failure.
7. Congenital type 1 long QT syndrome unmasked by a highly caffeinated energy drink.
8. Drinking patterns and risk behaviors associated with combined alcohol and energy drink consumption in college drinkers.
9. Excessive Intraoperative Bleeding With Chronic Energy Drink Consumption.
10. Acute hepatitis in a woman following excessive ingestion of an energy drink: a case report.
11. Perceived stress, energy drink consumption, and academic performance among college students.
12. Effects of red bull energy drink on repeated sprint performance in women athletes.
13. Erratum to: Take the wind out your sails: relationship among energy drink abuse, hypertension, and break-up of cerebral aneurysm.
14. Transient psychotic relapse temporally related to ingestion of an "energy drink".
15. Take the wind out your salis: relationship among energy drink abuse, hypertension, and break-up of cerebral aneurysm.
16. Sociodemographic correlates of energy drink consumption with and without alcohol: results of a community survey.
17. Acceleration tolerance after ingestion of a commercial energy drink.
18. Acute effects of a glucose energy drink on behavioral control.
19. Energy drink consumption and increased risk for alcohol dependence.
20. Positive effects of Red Bull® Energy Drink on driving performance during prolonged driving.
21. Increased alcohol consumption, nonmedical prescription drug use, and illicit drug use are associated with energy drink consumption among college students.
22. Sensory profile of a model energy drink with varying levels of functional ingredients-caffeine, ginseng, and taurine.
23. Energy-drink consumption in college students and associated factors.
24. Energy drink co-administration is associated with increased reported alcohol ingestion.
25. Effects of commercial energy drink consumption on athletic performance and body composition.
26. Improved time to exhaustion following ingestion of the energy drink Amino Impact.
27. Detrimental effects of energy drink consumption on platelet and endothelial function.
28. Thermogenic effect of meltdown RTD energy drink in young healthy women: a double blind, cross-over design study.
29. Event-level analyses of energy drink consumption and alcohol intoxication in bar patrons.
30. Low-calorie energy drink improves physiological response to exercise in previously sedentary men: a placebo-controlled efficacy and safety study.
31. Effect of Red Bull energy drink on cardiovascular and renal function.
32. Red Bull energy drink, a year later: nothing to report.
33. Effect of sugar-free Red Bull energy drink on high-intensity run time-to-exhaustion in young adults.
34. Anaphylaxis to vitamin B2 added to an energy drink.
35. Improved cycling time-trial performance after ingestion of a caffeine energy drink.
36. Effect of "energy drink" consumption on hemodynamic and electrocardiographic parameters in healthy young adults.
37. Guaraná's Journey from Regional Tonic to Aphrodisiac and Global Energy Drink.
38. Questions surrounding Red Bull energy drink.
39. Lichen aureus with clonal T cells in a child possibly induced by regular consumption of an energy drink.
40. Caffeinated cocktails: energy drink consumption, high-risk drinking, and alcohol-related consequences among college students.
41. Energy drink-related supraventricular tachycardia.
42. Effect of Red Bull energy drink on repeated Wingate cycle performance and bench-press muscle endurance.
43. A survey of energy drink consumption patterns among college students.
44. The suitability of a caffeinated energy drink for night-shift workers.
45. Effects of energy drink ingestion on alcohol intoxication.
46. The effect of an energy drink containing glucose and caffeine on human corticospinal excitability.
47. Cognitive and physiological effects of an "energy drink": an evaluation of the whole drink and of glucose, caffeine and herbal flavouring fractions.
48. Mood and cognitive performance effects of "energy" drink constituents: caffeine, glucose and carbonation.
49. Does an energy drink modify the effects of alcohol in a maximal effort test?
50. The effects of red bull energy drink on human performance and mood.
51. Mania associated with an energy drink: the possible role of caffeine, taurine, and inositol.
52. Beneficial effects of an "energy drink" given to sleepy drivers.
53. Alcohol and energy drink--can combined consumption of both beverages modify automobile driving fitness?.