Southwest Florida made national news this week as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported four cases of locally acquired malaria in Sarasota County.
“We need to keep our e…
By Bret Kueber, MD
Strokes happen when the blood supply to part of the brain is interrupted or reduced, which prevents brain tissue from getting oxygen and nutrients, which leads to brain damag…
When it comes to trust, nurses continue to top Gallup’s annual Honesty and Ethics of Professions poll, according to the latest results published earlier this year. Nurses have held the top spot ev…
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 …
The Boca Grande PurpleStride PanCan walk to raise funds for research and treatment of pancreatic cancer that we wrote about last week will be held on April 29, meeting under the sunshade at the Bo…
Over the past week, the red tide organism Karenia brevis was detected in 67 samples collected from Florida’s Gulf Coast. Bloom concentrations (>100,000 cells/liter) were present in nine samples: f…
A team of Boca Grande walkers will be joining a national fundraising and information effort this month. Known as The PurpleStride, it is a walk sponsored by PanCAN, the Pancreatic Action Network, …
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 p…
Next in the Boca Grande Health Clinic’s web video series, “Secrets to Longevity,” is Robert (Bob) Fletcher, one of the Island’s nonagenarians (those in their 90s). Watch Bob’s secrets to longevity…
Over the past week, the red tide organism Karenia brevis was detected in 75 samples collected from Florida’s Gulf Coast. Bloom concentrations (>100,000 cells/liter) were present in 14 samples from…
