Health & Wellness
Record breaking season at Boca Grande Health Clinic
May 17, 2024
By MARK DRISCOLL
As the pace slows down on the Island, the Boca Grande Health Clinic wraps up an extraordinarily busy season marked by record-setting patient engagements.
• Patient Visits: W…
Boca Grande Health Clinic kicks off National Nurses Week with giant card
May 9, 2024
The Boca Grande Health Clinic kicked off National Nurses Week (May 6 to 12) with a surprise presentation of giant greeting cards signed by members of the community expressing their gratitude.
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Ask a Doc: Overcoming life’s predictable and unpredictable challenges
May 2, 2024
Editor’s Note: Earlier this season, the Boca Grande Health Clinic and Foundation hosted a Grande Rounds lecture on resiliency, featuring Yale-trained and board-certified psychiatry specialist Alex…
UPDATED: Keylime Bistro closed temporarily for health reasons
May 2, 2024
Editors note: Keylime Bistro reopened on Friday, May 3 after a follow-up inspection on Thursday, May 2 during which the restaurant met all inspection standards.
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Celebrating the people making the Clinic grand
April 19, 2024
BY MARK DRISCOLL, CEO BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC
Every year we celebrate Doctor’s Day and Nurses Week, but there’s one more recognition event that’s just as important. Administrative Professiona…
Ask a Doc: Parkinson’s disease can now be detected through the skin
April 12, 2024
BY BRET KUEBER, M.D., ASSISTANT MEDICAL DIRECTOR, BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC
April, the birth month of James Parkinson, is Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month. Parkinson’s is a degenerative synd…
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Chemist and founder of orphan drugs
April 4, 2024
There’s a fellow at Sea Oats who has the mind of a scientist and the heart of an artist. Dr. John McCall is an interesting mix, with a humble sense of humor that belies his multiple degrees and ac…
Doctor’s Day at the Clinic, honors for Drs. James, Kueber and Haly
March 28, 2024
Honoring the physicians of the Health Clinic
BY MARK DRISCOLL, CEO BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC
March 30 marks a special day on our calendar – Doctor’s Day. It’s a time to honor those who dedic…
A Clinic Foundation anniversary
March 28, 2024
As we celebrate the 21st birthday of the Boca Grande Health Clinic Foundation, it’s an appropriate time to honor the visionaries who laid the groundwork for a healthier community and to recognize …
Ask a Doc: Kicking colon cancer in the butt
March 22, 2024
According to the American Cancer Society, the lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer is about one in 23 for men and one in 25 for women. The death rate from colorectal cancer has been dropp…