On Tuesday, May 21, 2013, before you start your daily grind, make plans to join your Chandler Chamber at 8:00 a.m. for Caffeine and Commerce.

CHICAGO - More than 500 new energy drinks launched worldwide this year, and coffee fans are probably too old to understand why. Energy drinks aren’t merely popular with young people. They attract fan mail on their own MySpace pages. They spawn urban legends. They get reviewed by bloggers.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mormons are free to down a Coke or Pepsi.

TAMPA - Recent studies have shown that heavy doses of caffeine might help prevent or delay the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration says major brands of caffeinated alcoholic drinks should be off store shelves by mid-December.

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Tests for the presence of 14 pharmaceuticals in Scottsdale's municipal water system found only an "infinitesimal" trace of caffeine and no traces of 13 other drugs, the city's Water Quality Department said Thursday.

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard doesn’t like the way Anheuser-Busch is marketing its new alcohol and caffeine energy drink.

The tremendous growth in sales of energy drinks -- half of which are consumed by young adults or children -- has prompted a backlash from U.S. pediatricians and public health leaders. The latest warning, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, concludes that energy drinks at best fail to live up to their hype and at worst present risks to children with heart conditions and other health problems.

The Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters Wednesday to four manufacturers of alcoholic energy drinks often consumed by college students, saying the caffeine added to their beverages is an "unsafe food additive."

So how are you sleeping these days? Do you wake up feeling refreshed and ready to face the day -- or are your muscles sore, your back aching or your neck just not feeling right?

Religious and cultural traditions collide in odd ways.

Nine months may be a long time for some expecting moms to go without a glass of wine or their favorite latte. But the baby’s arrival doesn’t automatically give the all-clear to indulge again.

State health officials are asking Valley residents to stay out of the sun this week as weather reports forecast temperatures of up to 110 degrees in the Valley by Friday.

Do you love your morning cup of coffee? Well, drink up! The health benefits of coffee far outweigh the risks. According to a European study, your daily cup of coffee reduces oxidative damage to your DNA by 12 percent. Coffee contains polyphenols, which help protect cells from oxidation.

Do you love your morning cup of coffee? Well, drink up! The health benefits of coffee far outweigh the risks. According to a European study, your daily cup of coffee reduces oxidative damage to your DNA by 12 percent. Coffee contains polyphenols, which help protect cells from oxidation.

Expressing concerns about the City of Tempe is no longer limited to city council or committee meetings. Tempe City Council Member Joel Navarro is starting a new conversation series, “Java with Joel,” where residents can spend an hour on Saturday morning drinking coffee and discussing city issues. Having been chair of the neighborhood Quality of Life and Revitalization Committee and recently appointed to the new Neighborhoods and Education City Council Committee, Navarro has made neighborhoods the topic of his first 8:30 a.m. community discussion on Oct. 27 at Xtreme Bean Coffee Company, 1707 E. Southern Ave. A schedule of future sessions is currently unavailable, but Navarro said he intends to make to make the community discussions a regular event.

NANTUCKET, Mass. — Mitt Romney joins other observant Mormons in shunning alcohol and coffee. He apparently draws the line at ice cream.

An 18-year-old Mesa woman police described as extremely intoxicated was arrested on suspicion of DUI after crashing her SUV into a large tree that wound up against a house in a Mesa neighborhood on Sunday.

Gilbert police arrested a 21-year-old man Monday on suspicion of aggravated shoplifting, illegally possessing a firearm and assault after he allegedly pulled a handgun while stealing a caffeinated malt liquor from an Albertson’s.

CHICAGO - Here's good news for women who love coffee: Drinking it doesn't seem to cause long-term high blood pressure, a study suggests.