Over the last 10 years, Queen Creek has seen its share of change. Empty fields and vacant store fronts are now home to mega shopping centers, homes and a variety of small businesses tucked in between.

While spending several years working as a pharmacy tech, Steven Katz saw too many patients with too many medicines, some even prescribed to counter the effects of others.

Four-year institutions

As the first day of school approaches, parents of tweens and teens are busy loading up on notebooks and mechanical pencils, buying jumbo packages of lunchtime snacks, shopping for just the right clothing and filling the family calendar with concerts, practice and game dates.

Being pregnant and having a cold or the flu is miserable.

Being pregnant and having a cold or the flu is miserable.

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.

Laura Stevens and David Chan have announced their engagement to be married. They will exchange vows Feb. 19, 2012 at the Farm Kitchen, Poulsbo, WA.

Laura Stevens and David Chan have announced their engagement to be married. They will exchange vows Feb. 19, 2012 at the Farm Kitchen, Poulsbo, WA.

Crowded shopping malls, wound-up kids on sugar highs, airport delays, visiting relatives. It can all zap your holiday spirit, stress you out and make you sick.

Recently, I attended the AANP (American Association of Naturopathic Physicians) Convention, which was here in Phoenix at the Biltmore Resort.

Recently, I attended the AANP (American Association of Naturopathic Physicians) Convention, which was here in Phoenix at the Biltmore Resort.

Her voice falters ever so slightly but her words are deliberate and gut-wrenchingly profound.

Her voice falters ever so slightly but her words are deliberate and gut-wrenchingly profound.

Phoenix Holistic Health Center in Ahwatukee Foothills is out to inform the community that medical marijuana, or cannabis, is not something to fear.

When Dr. Matthew Cavaiola opened his office in Ahwatukee Foothills, he was filling a need he saw in the community. That need was to give the people of Ahwatukee Foothills an outlet into the world of naturopathic medicine.

One of only five accredited naturopathic colleges in the nation, the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and Health Sciences officially opened a new medical center in Tempe recently, bringing new teaching facilities and increased treatment opportunity to the Valley.