Red Bull link over club death

"A clubber could have died because she drank too many cans of Red Bull, an inquest heard. Chloe Leach collapsed at a Hull nightclub after drinking several cans of the caffeine drink last September. A coroner heard how Miss Leach, who was studying at the University of Lincoln's Hull campus, died from cardiac arrhythmia which affects the heart's rhythm. But neuro-pathologist Ian Scott said it was less clear what caused this arrhythmia in the young woman, who was an epileptic. Dr Scott told the inquest in Hull how the most likely cause was a condition called Long QT Syndrome, which affects the organ's electric pulse. He said tests Miss Leach had taken after her mother suffered a heart attack showed her heart was at the 'upper limit of normal'. The pathologist said the high levels of caffeine she ingested when she drank at least four cans of Red Bull could her pushed her heart over this threshold into abnormal. The doctor said it was also possible Miss Leach's heart could have deteriorated in the five years since she was tested" - The Sun