esearch has revealed the number of heart infections linked to drug abuse has almost doubled in the past 14 years, as an opioid epidemic continues to plague the U.S.
Rates of patients struggling with drug abuse being hospitalized due to infective endocarditis—which affects the innermost layers of the heart chambers, including the valves—doubled between 2002 and 2016, rising from 8 percent to 16.3 percent. read more>>> https://www.newsweek.com/opiod-crisis-heart-infections-study-research-1459695
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