it's friday. >> you have to know about this. coming up on the show, we have donny osmond. he's talking about run for a cause. it's an event about knocking out childhood cancer. >> absolutely. great thing. first up this morning, last night, i am so tired -- i'm sleep deprived right now. >> i'm so tired, too. >> i usually wake up at a certain time. i woke up 40 i have not showered since yesterday. i have not brushed my teeth. what i did is i got up -- i'm actually -- >> wait a second. >> i'm wearing the same underwear from yesterday. >> t.m.i.! >> i gargled and put my hair under water because here's why. i had adrenalin from last night. i couldn't sleep because last night we're at the north las vegas ballet theater. >> hey! >> our choreography miss bernadette. >> yes. well, it was a big gala for the shawn really stepped up. >> me and my car. >> shawn and i -- >> look at him with his car. you showed up. there we are. i mean, that kind of sums it up. we had been working on a two person dance. by the way, it was so fun for me to work with miss bernadette. i took ballet starting when i was 5 years old. i haven't been in ballet shoes for at least 10 years. i was hearing terms like oh, heree >> so yeah -- >> i was hearing terms i hadn't heard in a long time. i mean -- >> the number started with j.j. doing like classic ballet and i decide to ruin everything. so it's just ironic. look at this. >> our hand rehearsal really paid off. >> we never got that right in rehearsal and we got it right, right there! >> look at shawn just work in we've seen enough. so the fun thing was, too, is that -- >> you can hear the kids screaming. we got some great reviews from the judges. they had it set up just like "dancing with the stars" so the students at the ballet school critiqued us. >> these kids were tyras, they were tough! >> yeah, i was scared. i thought we were going to get -- because there was a councilman there who danced before us and they kind of tore him apart. us because you're in that blue -- they liked us. >> whatever i lacked in dance, i made up for in tight clothing. >> by the way, our scoring was pretty good. >> we got 11 billion. >> it was such a good time. i had such a good time dancing with you honestly. >> it was raising money for the north las vegas ballet theater, phenomenal organization. yeah, if you can, help them out, really they're doing great work a sweetheart. we have a little bit of time left. i have to address this. this is about two days' worth of political mail. political show and tell. i blocked out my address. there's one, there's two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12. this is where all of this stuff goes initially. there we go. hold i have to show, though, this is why i'm showing this. >> you know what i'm thinking? this all costs so much money. >> it costs so much money. and it goes straight to the trash. i just want you to know, it goes straight to the trash. >> or the recycle bin at my house. >> i do recycle. i do recycle. >> i don't want people to think i'm a monster. >> you have got to see this mailer. this is brilliant. >> ok. what is it? >> here we go. here we go. elected? call us, we can get your home sold fast. a realtor -- >> that was from a realtor. realtor. >> that's funny. >> i am proud of that. that's fantastic. the one piece of political mail, i might frame that. that was brilliant. >> they should follow up with another one from, you know, free plane tickets to canada. >> i've seen like jobs stuff where people are like, you know, radio stations, television stations saying jobs. craziness. is it over yet, by the way? >> no. not only that, it's about to heat up because the debate is in las vegas next wednesday. >> great. what your weekend plans? share your comments with us on our facebook and twitter pages. you can -- perhaps, you're using your shredder at home. we can read your comments live on the air. j.j., over to you. >> thanks, shawn! happening today, this morning, vegas culture fest is under way and the two day event celebrates unity through diversity by way of delicious food and live music. and our first guest here, kimberly bailey tureaud. she's the co-founder of culturefest and also the publisher of las vegas black image magazine and speaking of live music, kimberly, you brought a band with you today. >> yes, we did. we bring it every year. this is our 11th year and we're just so happy that everyone comes out from the community. and it's all about us coming together as and we celebrate diversity with channel 13 and so many other people. and we're just happy, j.j., to be here. we have our wonderful band infusion and it's going to be a multitude of cultural entertainment and food. so -- >> yes! >> you have the best soul food, chinese food. just everything. mexican, latin, caribbean, so be sure to come out to the fremont food experience today from 11:00 a.m. until midnight. so we'll have a great time. >> i love it. so many cultures under one roof. las vegas, we are a very multicultural city. >> i'm a native of las vegas. a lot of people don't realize it took a lot of different people to make vegas what it is today. my father was equal rights commissioner, bob bailey. at one time in the 1950s and 1960s, african-americans c go through the front door of establishments. he was the first african-american on tv. he had his first show on tv. the bob bailey show. >> talk about coming full circle. you are promoting this great event. >> it is a great one, i'll tell you, j.j. it's going to be so much fun. i encourage everybody to come out. there's dancing. we have like a dance on every corner because we have different d.j.s. you might have a little latin music. a little soul music and everyone is dancing and it's just a feel public. >> i love it. i love it. i love music and i love dancing and so does my co-host shawn, i mean, clearly, but let's kick it off right now. >> yeah. >> with this band, yes. what are you going to play for us today? >> we'll start out with -- >> i love it. >> let's do it. take it away. >> thank you. >> that's fantastic, thank you! thank you so much for being here. kicks off. it's from 11:00 a.m. to midnight and it's free to the public! so why not go down, learn more by calling the number or visiting the website on your screen. you can find them, the festival that is, on facebook and twitter and still to come on "the morning blend", donny osmond straps on his running shoes to benefit childhood cancer. he's in studio with all the details. you're watching "the morning >> the university of phoenix is opening a first of its kind innovation center in downtown las vegas. redflint provides visitors with a hands-on learning environment aiming to innovate companies and ignite careers. >> that's right, ruth veloria is both of you. how are you? >> doing great. >> yeah. great to be here. >> redflint is right up my alley. i'm a technology guy. >> i am a geek. >> i am a geek. alex trebek would call me a loser. that's ok. losers are the richest people on this earth. i'll take it. >> i'll tell you. >> redflint as really taking all of the best of technology and brought it into one place. >> absolutely. we're so excited. we had our v.i.p. grand opening last night. we have our official opening to the p and we brought in some of the technologies that we'll have in place. there's many more we can talk about and ruth will talk about what we're doing for entrepreneurs. we're so excited. we did ribbon cutting. had a couple hundred people show up and see and play with everything. >> this is so exciting. i'm so glad you chose las vegas for this. >> las vegas is the hub of innovation and the mayor has a great initiative around making las vegas an innovation hub and loves the fact that we're right las vegas area. >> absolutely. some people call this stuff toys, by the way, they're toys maybe to some. these are really where our future is going. >> you know, it starts at gaming and toys, applications for health care, the applications for telemedicine, the applications for doing brain surgery are all based on these types of technologies that initially everybody sees them as toys but they're much more sophisticated than that. >> talk about sophisticated toys, what are you holding? >> well, the simplest version of what we actual virtual reality is google cardboard and basically, it comes in as a flat cardboard panel, you assemble it up and you can take your phone and basically, you just slip your phone into this case, do not do this with the note 7, by the way. >> and then -- and then basically, you immerse yourself in a virtual world. there are games. there's educational modules and basically, it's the cheapest way to get yourself immersed into that virtual world. >> it really is incredible and the price point of entry is >> 10 bucks. >> which is awesome. >> phenomenal. >> you would have a certain app, i'm not quite as technology savvy but i love learning. you would have a certain app running. >> right. so you download these -- >> you have an app running. >> oh my gosh, where am i? >> you're looking down when you're looking up. when you're looking up, you're immersed in a world. >> how cool would it be to have a virtual reality map of las vegas in front of you? >> well, this one here -- >> this -- >> whereas, this is the chi entry. this is like where the future is going. >> this is the microsoft hollow lens so this is augmented reality. and basically, it's like a heads-up display that you would have as a fighter pilot. you put these on and you launch -- you actually can go and do a variety of things but what we've done at redflint is we have a variety of education applications and we send you to rome. you put these on and basically, you are a visitor with a bufrm of other people in rome. cafes and have coffee and go to the museums. put it on, shawn, come on. >> i don't know if it will fit on my head. >> i stood in line at the vatican for hours. i like this idea. >> the difference with the virtual reality, sort of immersed. here augmented you have a better view. >> you are essentially seeing a heads-up display that could be all around you. we're not wearing this today. this is leading, leading edge technology. let's say there's a sale going on at a coffee shop, it will pop up. it will pop up or if you wow, what car is that? it puts a pop-up next to it. that's the brand new tesla. this is top of the line in technology. >> absolutely. like remember the pokemon craze a couple of months ago. people went nuts. this is a much more serious application for education. >> who is that guy next to you? >> this guy here is redflint 2, our telepresence robot and basically, this is an application where you say you're accident. you're in the hospital and you're home recovering and don't want to miss school. you send the robot to the school and the robot, you control the robot remotely from your home and it will go around and you control it. >> so is this your facility? >> this is our beautiful redflint facility. >> wow. look at how modern it is. >> it's beautiful. >> neat. i'm glad we get to see the room. >> is the robot being controlled by somebody walking around and doing their thing. >> this is actually in use in a lot of places. >> absolutely. they use it for telemedicine and a >> ruth, all of this stuff is really cool. let's get back into redflint. what does that offer other than really cool stuff? >> i mean, the platform is really three things. education. it's incubating new businesses and we actually have an official accelerator. accelerators are groups of companies coming together in a 13-week period. basically compressed the launch of a new business from what might take 24 months to 90 days so we actually have seven accelerator working on building their new business. that's what we're doing for business and entrepreneurship in las vegas. imagine the job creation from that. >> it's super exciting. we had a gal on wednesday with the cheer boxes. what a neat thing for small businesses. what a great opportunity. >> it's true. >> exactly. so the incubation services, people with an idea about a new business can come in, take a workshop. how to start a new business. fundamentals of a new business. we have a really cool board game called lean startup. hours and learn all the principles. how to start up your new business and network with people like you who are also trying to start up a business. get mentoring from your faculty and before you know it, you're on your way to launching the next thing. >> exposed to the newest technology. you figure by your new business, how can you integrate the new technologies for tomorrow? >> coming fast. >> exactly. >> you're opening up officially, officially tomorrow and community event going on. >> yes. tomorrow is the opening event. visitors, we will have google cardboard for everybody. >> awesome. >> everybody can play. these two are for you. >> thanks. >> there it is. >> it's cardboard. >> thank you. >> thank you so much,>> thank you guys for sharing. this is so exciting. >> in our backyard, too. open to the public tomorrow in downtown las vegas, fourth street. you want to learn more. you head to the website on your screen. you can also find them on facebook and twitter. i'm goingig this is a roller coaster, oh my goodness. >> you're in a roller coaster and still getting my note in. i'll get there. up next on "the morning blend", how you can join donny osmond tomorrow morning and step up for childhood cancer. >> i love the fact that the world's nerdiness are catching up to me. are you there? i'm catherine cortez masto and i approve this message. they're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists. narrator: and joe heck says "i have high hopes we'll see donald trump become president." i don't know what i said, aah... narrator: heck says he "completely supports" trump. i would bomb the [bleep] out of them. narrator: and heck? reporter: you trust him having his finger on the nuclear button? heck: i do. reporter: why do you say that? wrong for nevada. >> for over 20 years, the childhood cancer foundation has been going the extra mile for children with life threatening or critical illnesses. now it's your turn to go the extra mail for them. >> that's right, the champions run for life is tomorrow at town square and here with all the details is the run's donny osmond. >> go over here. >> how are you doing, buddy? >> how are you doing? >> it's friday! >> now, the other man, jeff gordon who, of course, is the president and c.e.o. of the foundation. hi, guys. >> how are you? >> good to be here. >> you're going to do your show tonight at 7:30 over at flamingo. >> i'll be there first thing in the morning and running like to get rid of this cancer. it's horrific and this is my seventh year. can you believe it's seven years already? >> seven years and i took over for danny ganz when i lost him. sad loss. and amazing man to start this. it's an honor to be a part of this for seven years. >> absolutely. you know what i've been seeing in the news lately is people are pretty fed up at the little amount and tiny amount that goes to pediatric cancer research. it seems as though this missio this goal that you have is building up a lot of steam. >> it is. it absolutely is. and, you know, medical science through the years, shawn has done an amazing job. when i started doing this almost to 20 years ago, you know, the cure rates for leukemia which is the most popular pediatric cancer that we see out there. >> define popular. >> popular, meaning it affects more children than most. >> of course. >> there was a 53% cure rate at >> no kidding! >> medical science is doing great in that one area and almost declared victory on it so it helps us at the nevada childhood cancer foundation at least give that hope that, hey, there is a light at the end of this tunnel. it's going to be a rough journey. we take them by the hands immediately within the first diagnosis and make sure they're ok emotionally and educationally and psychologically and take them by the hand. and for life that donny hosted for us and the kids look forward to because they get to run with donny. >> last night, after the show, we have a meet and greet. and there's these group of people that have flown in from the east coast. i mean, this thing is getting biger and bigger and bigger. and the lady turned to me and said i'm going to make sure i'm in the back of the crowd. i said why? because i'm going to cry. it's that emotional. that are suffering so much. yet, we give them hope in the last run, the silent run. i started crying. it's the most beautiful event that takes place every year. come on out. come on out and be a part of it. >> it sounds like it's a lot of fun and that's the point of it, too, is to bring a little bit of joy to these children, you know, who many of which are going through something pretty darn heavy in their families. last year, you spoke about a young girl named danielle. you have friends now. >> i've known the watched them go through all of this and some of them make it through. some we have lost, unfortunately. and we do a memorial run for them at the very, very end. it's so -- it tugs at the heartstrings. it really does. it's a wonderful event. and it's a celebration of their lives. and to help get rid of the cancer. >> let's get people into the event. >> registration ends today, right? >> it is today over at town square right outside of whole foods right there. and get their shirts and bibs and everything. that's nice. they don't have to come quite as early tomorrow morning. yeah. be there. >> do a show late at night. >> yeah. >> are you done? >> that opens at 10:00 today and if they don't get there today over at town square, they can come to the race and registration at 6:30 and our first race, one mile fun run starts at 7:30 tomorrow morning and the 5k starts at 8:00 and after talking about, the culmination of the whole day is where we do our champions victory lap and donny does a victory lap with each one of these kids and i can't tell you how much they look forward to that. and the group and the fans stand around and give the kids high fives. >> that's the best part about it. >> that's a moment in time you don't want to miss. >> not at all. it's just great. they're running around and people giving them high fives. smile on their faces says it all right there at that moment. it's a great way to raise money for the foundation. but you do many things all throughout the year for children including this camp cartwheel that i know -- >> have you been there? >> i haven't. >> you got to go. >> you have to go to this place. activities that they have for these kids, it's just beautiful. i mean, the place is huge. and i never got on the lake. next time i go, i have to get on the lake. we'll do that. >> you know, it's only 45 minutes out of town and best kept secret in nevada. kids come up here and we have two weeks of just away from parents, doctors, nurses, although we have the medical shed that we can do any -- everything there. but these kids get to come up and just be kids. they get to do things that they don't normally are able to do. rock climbing, canoeing, scuba diving, only camp we're aware of in the united states that allows we have a special lift. things these kids look forward to literally where they, you know, you see them live longer to get to it. >> they have so much fun up there. there's one kid that i've known for years. every time i go, shake his hands. he goes -- >> buzz lightyear. >> that's great. >> great having you and great to see you once again. >> great to see you. >> congrats on the extension. baby! nine years. >> one more year for to see it. yeah. like i say, it's fun -- >> that show -- >> it's probably the best show you'll see. the dancing and the singing and choreography and marie comes out and does a couple of things, too. >> no punch there. >> wow. thank you so much. >> thank, guys. good to be here. >> the danny ganz memorial champions run for life hosted by donny osmond tomorrow at town square. it benefits the nevada childhood cancer foundation. the fun kicks off at 7:30 a.m. the race or in advance by visiting nccf's website or calling the number on your screen. >> and community event to tell you about before we head to break. get outdoors nevada day is taking over lorenzi park this saturday. the perfect chance for the whole family to celebrate the great outdoors. >> the event is sponsored by the outside las vegas foundation along with the city of las vegas. it features live music, kayaking, fishing, climbing, food trucks and b.m.x. and more. again it's this saturday from 9:00 until 2:00 and just like >> enjoy big band music for a huge event. heros ball honors men and women who fought and are fighting for >> that's right. here with more is dixon keller with humana, i think? nina ten, marketing director for spotlight senior services las vegas. is this humana's new get-up? >> actually, shawn, not only am i with humana but i'm the flotilla commander and decided to come in uniform to talk about the heroes ball and celebrating our men and women in uniform. >> absolutely. >> you bet. now, this event supports veterans. tell us all about the >> you bet. well, we're getting together at the texas station, the dallas ballroom, their big grand ballroom. we'll have an 18 piece traditional big band. taking you back to 1941. >> oh, yes. >> and this is for our wonderful most wonderful generation of world war ii vets but for everyone to celebrate them and what they do. even active military and armed forces. we're very grateful to humana and healthcare partners who it's just going to be a wonderful night of celebration, food, and dancing. we'd love to have you. >> the 40's music. >> phenomenal. >> the bruce harper big band, normally you see them at the smith center. >> they're so good. >> incredible. >> is that who is playing? >> yes. >> big band, more than half of the band members have played with the best people. >> oh, my goodness. who is invited. are they checking door? >> everybody. everybody is invited. and here is the best thing. with the big band, you're going to be transformed back to 1941. the tickets are $5 a person. all proceeds go to honor flight for our world war ii veterans. but there's even a better part. that is we'll take donations there as well but if you have a veterans ball cap, if you're retired and if you're active duty and still fit into your dressed 1941 style. you get in for free. >> i love that! fantastic. honor flight, explain honor flight for those who don't know. >> honor flight is a local nonprofit organization that actually brings the world war ii veterans and others, korean war veterans as well to go see the war memorials in their honor in washington, d.c. in fact, this morning, they left mccarron as we speak, they're on a flight right now for saturday and the war memorials in washington, d.c. many of them, i think all of them have never been there before typically so they'll have a whole wonderful presentation there. they get to take tours. and then they fly back. and then they have a rest on monday and then tuesday, they come on out to the texas station and we'll have a whole huge celebration there with the big band to honor them as well as everybody there. it will be a great time. doors open at 5:00. >> food. got to be there for the food. >> we'll have a huge dance floor in the middle. so if you're a swing dancer, come on out. get dressed up and have a great time. >> what a great way to honor the people who are serving our country. mr. keller, you are in the u.s. coast guard auxiliary. >> yes. >> tell me a little bit about how you serve. >> the coast guard auxiliary is the volunteer force for the united states coast guard. part of homeland security and we're the volunteer service but we're the the very active commission not only all over the united states especially right here in las vegas and on lake meade. while the coast guard takes care of law enforcement and drug interdiction as one of their primary missions we really pick up the slack as a supplier by taking care of vessel examination, public safety, search and rescue, lake patrols basically on lake meade and just the public on how to be safe on vessels. i'm glad we have guys like you at lake meade keeping things safe. >> absolutely. >> you mentioned anybody can be in the auxiliary, is that right? you have to have some style and class like you. i'm not just saying -- >> shiny shoes. >> look at these shoes. >> i could never join. not with these. pitiful. >> yeah. actually, it is a volunteer force. we are welcome to have anybody join us and i believe our website is goaux.org. we meet at the pro shop for our last wednesday of every single month. love to have you. humana is a sponsor of the coast guard auxiliary as they are working with so many veterans and military organizations here in clark county and knight county and up in reno so we are thrilled. we love our veterans and this event we're so excited to reach out and this was a labor of love that nina and i have been working on for a while. to really honor our men and women in uniform. we just want to say you don't have to be a veteran to be at this event. if you like big band and swing dancing, come on out. also have people there from health care partners, humana and other organizations. you have questions as medicare open enrollment now so we want people to come out and learn a little bit more on what their options are. >> the season is upon us. learn about medicare while you do a little -- >> jitterbug. >> that's like exercise. staying healthy, right? >> no, it's true! >> great having you guys. >> thank you so much. >> great to have you. >> you should >> it's tuesday, from 5:00 to 9:00 over at texas station. for more information, head to the website or call the number on your screen. so many great things go on in our community. you can find out all about them at ktnv.com. switch to centurylink and get up to 40 megs of high-speed internet for just $20 a month. that's the speed you need to stream... ...game... ...connect on social media... so call 844-560-link. get up to 40 megs of high-speed internet for just $20 a month for one year when bundled with a qualifying home phone plan and autopay. speed may not be available in your area. call today. >> welcome back. for six years, rather, the hope concert has worked to raise awareness of the disease and help those living with it. >> here with more on the benefit is jeff and melody leibow, the founders. good morning. thanks for joining us. >> tell us all about -- you'll have to help us with the pronunciation. >> neurofibromatosis. >> nailed it. >> there you go. neurofibromatosis. >> tell us about the n.f. hope concert. >> the n.f. hope concert was inspired by our daughter who was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis, the disorder neurofibromatosis when she was 9 months old. there's no cure and there's no treatment so we kind of felt like we had to do something because there's very little that that. it started small in 2011 and six years in, we're now next sunday on october 23rd at 1:00 p.m. and it's just a bunch of incredibly generous talent that comes out to give for a great cause. >> first of all, we saw your daughter. she's such a doll. what's her name? >> emma. >> how is she doing? >> she's doing ok. this has been a tough year. we've tracked a rapidly growing brain tumor which, common and found a complex of tumors that literally stretches from her help to her knee that she will have to live with because it's totally inoperable and it's just, you know, yeah, this is kind of the roller coaster that you go in as an n.f. family and all the more reason why we do this. >> last year, we were talking about emma. and it kind of goes in waves, i know with my niece, same thing. could be a good time or bad time. neurofibromatosis, explain what >> explain that a little. because we tell people she has it. what is it? >> it's a genetic disorder of the nervous system that's characterized by tumors that can grow on any nerve on the body at any time. and there's a slew of symptoms that come along with it. attention disorders, birthmark type spots, there's sort of the benign versions of symptoms and then blindness, deafness, chronic pain, disfigment, cancer >> do we know what causes this? >> it's a mutation on chromosome number 17 as a matter of fact. but they don't necessarily know a way to prevent it. emma just was the lucky recipient of the 1 in 3,000 chance. there's nobody in our family that has it. >> 1 in 3,000. >> that's way more than common than i think people realize. >> it's the most common genetic disorder that's out there. yeah. >> for you as her mother, what does this event mean to you throughout the year? >> i mean, it's -- it's amazing. community in las vegas come together. it means that we're trying to make a difference in emma's life and the over 100,000 people that are dealing with n.f. in this country and just bringing awareness because a lot of people don't know what neurofibromatosis is. and yet, 1 in 2500 people have it. for us, this means the world because we get it out there. we're making that difference. we're trying to be a voice for her. and like i said, those 100,000 people that are living with it. >> and i appreciate you guys so much. i mean, we know you from "jse boys" and you stepped away and put your full effort into this. and i love it. i want to make sure that people make it out to this event. who is going to be there? who is performing? >> you. >> oh! >> reprise my performance. >> right. >> you're going to be an extra. >> oh, boy. >> we have clint holmes, jodi brown is coming out, susan anton, you know, "american idol" finalist, ben stone are going to come out and a slew of other and then we're going to do a special farewell performance by the stars of "jersey boys" on the stage. >> are you really? >> were you at that closing night performance? >> yes, i was. >> we were in line waiting for water. >> water. >> or beer. >> there was a silent auction as well. >> there was a silent auction. all of the link to buy tickets to register for the silent auction, go to the >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> the sixth annual n.f. hope concert is next sunday, the 23rd. the concert begins at 1:00 inside the theater. some of vegas' hottest acts will perform to raise awareness for neurofibromatosis. yea! thank you. for more information on neurofibromatosis, otherwise known as n.f., go to nfhope.org. >> if you want to bid, bidding starts at noon today. >> get on it. >> yes. >> so many people like jeff and melody work tirelessly to make the community our community a better place to live. help us recognize people like them with our give back award. >> nominate someone at vegas morning blend.com and click on give back. fill out the form. each month, one lucky nominee >> welcome back to "the morning blend." so many people live with chronic pain and have to turn to medication or surgery to relieve it. our next guest offers an alternative to both using what's called energy medicine. dr. robert o'dell with neuropathy and pain centers of las vegas is here to explain. how are you, sir? >> good morning, shawn. thank you for having me. >> let's talk about this. you specialize in a different >> and you want to make sure if you can get them off that medicine, >> that's correct. >> so you've been serving las vegas for how long now? >> i moved here in 1994 and i did anesthesia exclusively until 2001 when i started taking the weekend courses. you know, when i do anesthesia which is the greatest hospital, when i tell people that i'm going to put them to sleep and said i trained under conrad murray but taken a few weekend courses. >> oh, no! >> seriously, you we feel is the best medicine. we have a lot of that. with all the new techniques, you know, we really can -- we do give narcotics to people because some people need them. but in many cases, they can get off medicines and if you'll talk to people like dr. melvin polf from las vegas recovery group, you know, you can take the same amount of narcotics, if you get off of them, your pain levels may be greater because of hyperalgesia. the more that you take, some of the systems that are the central nervous system and the spine in the dorsal horn and so forth will cause you to require more opiates. that's known now. we had a 23-year-old girl from england. her mom e-mailed me. she suffered an accident on a horse. she was a joke. broke her fibula and had chronic pain and was on 90 milligrams a service. we invited them over and stayed at our house for free. we took care of her. by fourth week, we had completely eliminated her pain. it was a large trigger point in the muscle right here. we used the machine and injections. she was off it. now she's off all the morphine. that's what medicine is all about. >> it's notable that people are reaching out to you not just here in las vegas but across the country and the world. >> our treatment requires serial electromedical device so it's not like going to the surgeon and having the appendix out and you're done. it's a chronic disease and requires repeat treatments. we treat them twice a week with the selective medical twice with or without injections with the technique that i developed for neuropathy, what they do is they get better. each treatment stacks on one another. you can't just come once a month. that's what makes us different. it's a little bit difficult to get people coming in town. a little more difficult although we can have them come seven days a week. we'll open on saturday and sunday for them. >> who doesn't want a long term vacation in las vegas? >> depending on how well they do at the tables. >> sorry, doc. let's talk about the experience when you walk through the doors. i know you have a great staff there. >> yeah, we had a fella the other day, older gentleman who had -- look at that. we had a fella who had a pain in nine or 10 times. something like that. that's all. no blocks or no nothing. i saw him the other day. he was so happy. by the way, this gentleman exercises every day. and this is a note to your listeners. people who exercise every day do not have as much chronic pain. they do much, much better. it's not just me healing. it's the patient healing themselves. and this is -- this fella was then going on and on about our staff which i hear all the time. >> you're incrediby proud about what you do. >> i am. i've been the neuropathy protocol for years. they say we can do our protocol, we do it and then they get the rack auditors in there and taking money back. we're in federal court with them. i work at u.m.c. tuesday and thursday and the weekends in order to keep this practice going. >> you do this to subsidize this. >> i do. it's not about the money. it's about getting folks better. because the neuropathy protocol really needs -- really needs to be directed in such a way that the government can pay for it, you know, there are some cash it's much better to have the government pay for that because these people put into medicare for their whole life and they deserve it. this really changes lives with the seniors. >> doctor, great work that you're doing. thank you so much for joining us. >> ok. >> neuropathy and pain centers of las vegas located near buffalo. if you want to find out more, call the number or head to the website on your screen. you can find them on facebook. pretty incredible work there. and also catch them at the comedy club. this is great. like to see any of our segments again, go to vegas morning >> 13 things to do this week is sponsored by south point. nevada conservatory theater will present william shakespeare's play macbeth. performances are at unlv. sublime with roam will rock the las vegas downtown events center. the band is celebrating 20 years of performing and wine lovers and foodies will want to check out the cork and wine festival on saturday. actor and director al pacino will tell his stories about his career on saturday night at the venetian. don't miss more than 40 police dogs and their handlers competing in the annual k-9 trials on sunday at the orleans arena. if you want to see the full list of 13 things to do in las vegas, head to our website. have a great week. i'm j.j. snyder. >> thank you so much. 13 things to do this week is brought to you by our friends from south point. for more information, head to south point casino.com. my goodness. we didn't see it. 13 action news, we want to make sure all kids in las vegas are able to stay warm this winter. coat drive is under way. our partner is tropical smoothie cafe. donate gently used or new coats at any of their locations. >> to find one near you, go to ktnv.com with special thanks to the salvation army for distributing coats to the families in need. big thanks to tropical smoothie cafe. today on going to happen? 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