JAMES SENSENIG, ND  This column is transcribed from a weekly live conversation produced by the Naturopathic Medical Institute (NMI). The goal of NMI is to preserve and promote [...]

NODE SMITH, ND Studies of the microbiome in the human gut focus mainly on bacteria. Other microbes that are also present in the gut — viruses, protists, archaea and fungi — have been [...]

NODE SMITH, ND In the most extensive study of its kind, researchers from the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with the Danish Pediatric Asthma Center at Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, [...]

Node Smith, ND The antimicrobial properties of silver have been known for centuries. While it is still a mystery as to exactly how silver kills bacteria, University of Arkansas researchers have [...]

Node Smith, ND Scientists know that coronaviruses, including the SARS-CoV-19 virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, can remain infectious for days — or even longer — in sewage [...]

Node Smith, ND Aminoglycoside antibiotics are critically important for treating several types of infections with multi-resistant bacteria. A completely new resistance gene, which is likely to [...]

Node Smith, ND A new analysis challenges the longstanding notion that tuberculous infection is a life-long infection that could strike at any time and cause tuberculosis (TB). Based on a review [...]

Node Smith, ND Previous research has shown that growing up on a farm with animals may reduce the risk of asthma and allergies by half. The protective effect is attributed to the diverse microbial [...]

Node Smith, ND Outpatient healthcare providers inappropriately prescribed antibiotics to 40 percent of patients in a major Veterans Affairs healthcare system, a higher figure than in previous [...]

Node Smith, ND For those who are unfamiliar with graphene, it is the world’s strongest man-made material, and occupies a space that is only one atom thick. Oh, and its transparent, which may be [...]