Health & Wellness
What you need to know about strokes
May 25, 2023
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…
Paying tribute to our great nurses
May 11, 2023
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…
New research brings new hope during Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month
April 20, 2023
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 …
Follow-up to last week’s PanCan Walk article …
April 13, 2023
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…
The weekly red tide report
April 13, 2023
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…
PanCAN! The ‘purple stride’ comes to Boca Grande this month
April 7, 2023
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, …
Clinic website provides wealth of health information
April 6, 2023
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…
Bob Fletcher and his secret to longevity
April 6, 2023
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…
The weekly red tide report
April 6, 2023
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…
The Weekly Red Tide Update
March 30, 2023
In Southwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was observed at background to medium concentrations in and offshore of Pinellas County, very low to medium concentrations in Manatee County, back…