Increase in serious heart infections linked to heroin, opioid abuse
Timothy Endy, MD (photo by Kathleen Paice Froio) Timothy Endy, MD (photo by Kathleen Paice Froio) The epidemics of opioid and heroin abuse have killed many people, but using these drugs can also…
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