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 cause
a variety of medical problems including life-threatening
infections. The epidemics of opioid and heroin abuse have killed
many people, but using these drugs can also cause a variety of
medical problems including life-threatening infections. Timothy
Endy, MD Timothy Endy, MD, professor and chair of microbiology and
immunology at Upstate and an expert in infectious disease, tells
about an, professor and chair of microbiology and immunology at
Upstate and an expert in infectious disease, tells about an
increase in the number of cases of endocarditis, increase in the
number of cases of endocarditis, a type of heart infection. He also
shares a personal story about how addiction has affected his family
and a charity they helped establish at a type of heart infection.
He also shares a personal story about how addiction has affected
his family and a charity they helped establish at
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