The study published in the online version of the journal Pediatrics, on Monday claimed that these drinks, “have no therapeutic benefit and many ingredients are understudied and not regulated.”

The study found that an 8 ounce can of energy drink Rockstar contained twice the caffeine, as compared to a 14 ounce bottle of Coca Cola.

Dr Lipshultz said that these energy drinks posed a special risk for children suffering from diabetes, ADHD and undiagnosed heart problem as well as other problems.

A new research suggests that by 2080, regions in Western Europe could become prone to malaria epidemic, for nearly up to six months a year.

The researchers studied the areas vulnerable to epidemic, in view of the rise in temperature due to climate change and also the records of the spread of the disease.

As per the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, between 1906 to 2005, global air temperature had gone up by 0.74°C, and is expected to increase further to reach 6.4°C by 2099.

Global warming and malaria epidemic

A team of researchers headed by Dr. Omprakash Mittapalli, assistant professor of entomology at Agricultural and Development Center in the Ohio State University, carried out this first of its kind study that hoped to find a solution in controlling the bug.

"Right now, these studies are still preliminary and only scratching the surface of the bedbug genome. But bedbugs could be a lot more complicated than previously thought,” said Dr. Mittapalli.

He noted that the genetic understanding of the bedbugs could help in devising new ways in tackling the bugs.