May 5 Health Heart Of The Matter: Needle Drug Use Brings Spike In Heart Infections The Ohio Valley’s addiction crisis has brought another health problem, as rising numbers of needle drug users are contracting a serious form of heart infection called endocarditis. The rate of endocarditis doubled in the region over a decade, and many patients require repeated, expensive treatment and surgery as they return to drug use and once […] By Mary Meehan May 5 Health Heart Of The Matter: Needle Drug Use Brings Spike In Heart Infections Mary Meehan