Hey, East Valley seniors, swim some laps, put on your walking shoes, get out on the golf course. Exercise, according to Mesa's CareMore Care Center, 8435 E. Baseline Road, is the best prescription for staying healthy. The center invites you to learn more at a free educational event 9:30 a.m., Friday.

Valley residents will have a chance to examine the potential of personalized medicine during an Arizona SciTech event hosted by KJZZ and Rio Salado College from 7-9 p.m. March 8 at the Conference Center @ Rio.

The Greater Phoenix Economic Council will host a personalized medicine summit 8:30 a.m. to noon Thursday. The summit will highlight the benefits of personalized medicine and identify Arizona's market strengths, competitiveness and opportunities for biomedical advancement. Speakers and panelists include Dr. David Alberts, director of The Arizona Cancer Center; Linda Hunt, senior vice president of operations at Catholic Healthcare West Arizona; and Anna Barker, director of Transformative Healthcare Networks, Arizona State University. The event will be held at the Phoenix Biomedical Campus Virginia G. Piper Auditorium, 550 E. Van Buren St. Contact Melissa DeLaney at (602) 262-8602 or mdelaney@gpec.org to RSVP or with any questions.

When most people go to the doctor they expect to leave the office with a number of prescriptions to cure what ails them, but Dr. Courtney Cronin, a naturopathic doctor practicing in Maricopa, has a different approach to medicine.

TRENTON, N.J. - Just about every segment of the medical community is piling on the pharmaceutical industry these days, accusing drug makers of deceiving the public, manipulating doctors and putting profits before patients.

As I walked out of the neurological intensive care unit, my eyes met the eyes of the wife, the son and the daughter.

Dr. Kristen Bishop is opening Keystone Natural Family Medicine. Bishop graduated in July from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe. Naturopathic medical doctors are licensed, board certified physicians, who have attended four-year accredited naturopathic medical schools.

Got a cabinet full of unused or expired prescriptions and over-the-counter medicines? Throw them out properly at Dispose-A-Med, a community event 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Target store, 1135 S. Gilbert Road in Mesa. The program is designed to keep prescriptions and other meds from ending up in sewers or landfills, or from being misused by teens in “pharming parties” where prescription drugs are combined and ingested. So help keep our community healthy by disposing of old medicines safely at this community event sponsored by the Optimist Club of Mesa and Mesa Police in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Dan K. Thomasson, guest commentary

In November, Arizona will vote on Proposition 203, the so-called medical marijuana initiative. As an anti-drug activist for 30 years, I’ve watched the pro-legalization lobbies.

WINDOW ROCK -- As many as 250 medicine men from North and South America will gather here starting Thursday, for the 60th annual conference of the Native American Church of North America.

Scottsdale parents will have to check in their own over-the-counter medicines to the school nurse's office if they want their children to have access to things like Tylenol and Tums this year.