Health & Wellness
More secrets to longevity …
April 14, 2022
As part of our year-long celebration of the Boca Grande Health Clinic’s 75th anniversary, the Clinic is pleased to launch a short series of web videos that capture some of the “secrets” to having …
PROFILE: Jorge Matos
April 14, 2022
A rest well deserved after a career well done …
The municipality of Sabana Grande is located in the western coastal valleys of Puerto Rico some 1,144 miles from Boca Grande. This …
COVID booster update from the BGHC
April 8, 2022
On March 28 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the use of a second COVID-19 booster shot for persons over the age of 50. Additionally, persons over the age of 18 with compromised imm…
Boca Grande’s secrets to longevity
April 1, 2022
As part of our year-long celebration of the Boca Grande Health Clinic’s 75th anniversary, the Clinic is pleased to launch a short series of web videos that capture some of the “secrets” to having …
Boca Grande Health Clinic 75th anniversary street party scheduled
March 17, 2022
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
March 11, 2022
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
February 24, 2022
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
February 23, 2022
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
February 18, 2022
BY BRET KUEBER, MD BOCA 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 tha…
Becoming a centenarian
February 11, 2022
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…