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- A UK case study suggests that consuming eight energy drinks daily may have contributed to a mild stroke in a previously healthy man.
- The man had dangerously high blood pressure and a brain clot.
- Blood pressure remained elevated after treatment until he stopped drinking energy drinks.
- Experts urge public awareness and regulation of energy drinks and advise clinicians to ask about energy drink use in unexplained hypertension or early-onset stroke.
