Health & Wellness
‘Clinic of the Future’ construction continues this week with foundation
July 24, 2025
At the Boca Grande Health Clinic, their building program continued this week. Footers were being poured and soon the all important concrete pad will go up.
Photos by Matt
Ask a Doc: Caution, antibiotics cure for worrisome ‘flesh-eating’ bacteria
July 24, 2025
Our beaches are part of what makes life in Boca Grande so special. Whether you’re walking the shoreline, collecting shells or enjoying a dip in the Gulf, being close to the water is part of the rhyt…
New AI skin cancer detection device used at Boca Grande Health Clinic
July 17, 2025
Skin cancer is one of the most common – and treatable – types of cancer when detected early. To promote early detection, the Boca Grande Health Clinic has introduced a handheld diagnostic device cal…
EcoWatch: Time for a good and bad news report as season warms up
July 17, 2025
The good news is that bad news can be turned into good news when you change your attitude.
Robert H. Schuller, American television evangelist, author
Sorry to say, this column will offer many…
Ask A Doc: What’s new in Alzheimer’s detection and care
June 19, 2025
According to the Alzheimer’s Association’s most recent annual report, an estimated 7.2 million Americans aged 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s disease – and that number is projected to reach…
Water disenfection process change planned by utility in June
May 22, 2025
Gasparilla Island Water Association, Inc. will be temporarily changing the disinfection process for its Placida and Boca Grande potable (drinking water) water supply. From June 2, at 7 a.m. through…
Groundbreaking on the Clinic of the Future, with one-year timetable
May 8, 2025
The Boca Grande Health Clinic of the Future hopes to formally begin construction this month, after a ceremonial groundbreaking last Thursday afternoon, May 1.
The groundbreaking included staff…
Honoring the staff at the Boca Grande Health Clinic for Nurses Week
May 8, 2025
Every year from May 6 to May 12, organizations across the country take time to honor the people who are truly at the heart of patient care: our nurses. National Nurses Week recognizes the vital role…
Debbie Frank named as new Boca Grande Health Clinic Foundation executive director
May 1, 2025
The executive committee of the Boca Grande Health Clinic Foundation has announced the appointment of Debbie Frank as the executive director of the foundation, effective May 5, 2025.
Debbie brings…
Advanced water treatment begins on island
May 1, 2025
The Gasparilla Island Water Association now has its advanced water treatment up and running. “We turned on yesterday,” said GIWA Executive Director Ron Bolton. “We sent the ‘mixed liquor’ over.”…