Childhood obesity, a major public health problem, can lead to cardiovascular disease in
adulthood. Studies have implicated exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), a commonly used chemical, …

… Correspondence should be addressed to Ruchi Bhandari; bhandariruchi@yahoo.com …
This work was done when Ruchi Bhandari was a doctoral student at West Virginia University. …

Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is involved in
a global outbreak affecting millions of people who manifest a variety of symptoms. …

Introduction. The unknown effects of electronic cigarettes are public health concerns. One
potential effect of electronic cigarette fluid constituents, such as nicotine, may influence sleep. …

Introduction Life-threatening infections such as infective endocarditis (IE) are increasing
simultaneously with the injection drug use epidemic in West Virginia (WV). We utilized a newly …

Background Exposure of toxic metals from e-cigarette use is a cause for public health concern
because youth, young adults, and non-smokers are the target population rapidly adopting …

International misclassification of suicide, particularly undercounting, has long been a scientific
concern. An important question is whether official national suicide data are sufficiently …

Hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) has emerged as an important physiological and pathophysiological
signaling molecule in the cardiovascular system influencing vascular tone, cytoprotective …

Increases in opioid misuse and injection drug use have resulted in a rise in acute cases of
hepatitis B. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized studies to …

Background The surge of methamphetamine use has been a complicating factor compounding
the steeply increasing number of drug overdose deaths in the US Infection from blood-…