Why Nevada?

As most readers of this website are aware, this country has recently been giving more attention to, and acceptance of, the fields of alternative, complementary and integrative medicine. An Office of Alternative Medicine has even been established the staid and conventional halls of the National Institutes of Health in Washington, DC. Certainly, the interest of patients, as noted elsewhere, has been progressing in this direction for quite some time. It has been only relatively recently that the scientific community has appeared to take some cautious steps in this direction.

However, in spite of this surge of interest and increased acceptance, many, if not most, of the regulatory agencies in this country continue to maintain a negative stance against alternative and integrative methods of treatment, particularly in the realm of cancer therapy. This includes most of the state medical boards which issue and regulate doctors' licenses. Throughout most of the nation, physicians are frequently attacked and disciplined for using non-traditional methods of treatment, particularly in the care of cancer patients.

Dr. Brodie practiced medicine in California for about 25 years, the last 8 years of which he was involved in natural, alternative and complementary methods of care for cancer. The latter activity resulted in 3 unsuccessful attacks on his California medical license, so Dr. Brodie made the decision in 1980 to move his practice to Nevada, where laws were, and still remain, more favorable to alternative practices. In 1983, the Nevada legislature established licensing boards in the fields of homeopathy, naturopathy, acupuncture and oriental medicine. Dr. Brodie served on the first Board of Homeopathic Medical Examiners.

Prior to his death in 2005, Dr. Brodie worked hard to train the next generation of experts to carry on the treatment and enhancements of his innovative modalities. This team is lead by Dr. Bob Eslinger.

Nevada continues to provide the most fertile ground for the development of new treatment methods in a wide variety of non-traditional medical fields. As a result of a less restrictive attitude and more favorable legal climate, Nevada leads the nation and possibly the world in the number of alternative and integrative health care practitioners. Thus, Nevada is developing into a Healing Mecca, attracting patients from all over the country. These medical refugees consist primarily of those afflicted with cancer and other chronic diseases who wish to get well and stay well.