Author: Boca Grande Health Clinic

New research brings new hope during Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month

In what researchers are calling “an enormous leap forward in the understanding of Parkinson’s disease,” a new tool has been discovered that can detect pathology in spinal fluid of people who have not...

Clinic website provides wealth of health information

If you’re looking for the latest information on issues and conditions affecting your health, the Boca Grande Health Clinic’s website – bghc.org/ – is a great resource. The goal is to provide patients...

Jane Fletcher Geniesse shares her secrets to longevity

Boca Grande Health Clinic is pleased to present the next episode in its “Secrets to Longevity” web video series, where we pay tribute to Boca Grande’s seniors. “We had such a great response to these...

The Big Red Bus is coming

Donating blood saves lives. We all intrinsically know this. Yet, according to the American Red Cross, less than 3 percent of age-eligible people donate blood annually. The Boca Grande Health Clinic...

Clinic announces plans to improve facilities and services

Following another eventful year of challenges and increasing patient demand, the Boca Grande Health Clinic is pleased to announce the exploration of facility opportunities to best meet current...

X-rays done onsite help identify the best treatment plan right away

Broken bones, sprains and fractures are the most common injuries requiring an X-ray. And now that X-ray imaging services are available onsite at the Boca Grande Health Clinic, patients no longer have...

New year, new beginnings

By Mark Driscoll, Boca Grande Health Clinic CEO Just like that, 2022 is a wrap and 2023 is already moving right along. As the song goes, “Another year over – a new one just begun.” On behalf...

A visual aid for what ails you, courtesy of the BGHC

It used to be that we wondered if we caught a flu bug or just had a case of the common cold. Then we weren’t sure if our allergies were giving us a hard time or if red tide was to blame. And of course,...

Just in time for Christmas, 2022: The ‘Tripledemic’ is here … merry merry!

Get ready, because Santa is coming to Boca Grande – and he is bringing along COVID-19 and his cousins flu and RSV for Christmas dinner! As you all have probably read, RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus)...

‘Welcome back to the island’ webinar now available to watch

The Grande Rounds health lecture series sponsored by the Boca Grande Health Clinic and the Boca Grande Health Clinic Foundation kicked off the season on November 16 with a recorded webinar to welcome...