Boca Grande Health Clinic 75th anniversary street party scheduled
The Boca Grande Health Clinic has come a long way since the mid-1900s, when an out-of-town doctor treated patients once a week in a small room above the Railroad Depot. The journey to 75 years was…
ASK A DOC: Hip surgery and what to expect
With more than half of the population of Boca Grande at 65 years and older, it’s no surprise that needing – or recovering from – hip surgery is something we’re used to dealing with at the Clinic….
Medicare Scams Have Arrived in Boca Grande
Scams are nothing new, from emails to send donations to Ethiopian princes, to fake calls from a family member in peril, nearly one in six Americans have lost money to a phone scam in the last 12 m…
Deborah Hahn to retire from Boca Grande Health Clinic
From the time she was a young girl, Deborah “Debby” Hahn always knew she wanted to be a nurse. After earning her nursing degree from the Hawkeye Institute in Waterloo, Iowa, Debby joined the ranks…
Heart healthy living, island style
BY BRET KUEBER, MDBOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC
Back in 2009 a study was completed on the people who lived on Ikaria Island off the coast of Greece. It was known that people lived longer there than…
Becoming a centenarian
By Dr. Raymond James, Boca Grande Health Clinic
If you’re looking to have a long, productive life, there’s a lot to be learned from the lifestyle choices made by people in the world’s “Blue Zon…
PROFILE: Dr. Bret Kueber
Dr. Bret Kueber always knew that he wanted to semi-retire in Florida; he just didn’t think it would happen this soon. It seems as though while he was waiting for his daughter Katie to finish high …
Living a life of well-being: Meditation, Part II
The practice of creating instant well being is not simply a matter of wishful thinking, it just takes practice. For example, imagine that you, before you start your day, have put into place all th…
You’ve got a date with the doctor on February 1
Boca Grande’s Dr. Daly Walker has released his second collection of short stories, “The Doctor’s Dilemma” and will discuss them in a Literary Series event on February 1.Daly creates poignant world…
ASK A DOC: What do I do about COVID-19?
By Thomas J. Ervin, M.D., Boca Grande Health Clinic
Being asked “What do I do about COVID?” is a complicated question for anyone in clinical medicine to answer. If the COVID-19 pandemic was an …
