/news/tags/staphylococcus staphylococcus en-US Copyright Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:08:58 GMT /news/health-science/2019-09-18/cleveland-clinic-study-heart-infections-linked-to-drug-abuse-have-doubled Deadly heart infections linked to drug use rose nationally from 8 percent to 16 percent from 2002 to 2016, according to a new study from the Cleveland Clinic. The majority of patients with the abuse-related illness were younger, low-income white males on Medicaid. Regionally across the United States, the Midwest saw the largest increases in these cases. Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:08:58 GMT /news/health-science/2019-09-18/cleveland-clinic-study-heart-infections-linked-to-drug-abuse-have-doubled