Tag: Boca Grande Health Clinic

Ask a Doc: Kicking colon cancer in the butt

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...

What’s on Your Plate: Tips to boost nutrition

March is the harbinger of spring and with it, the start of daylight saving time – an extra hour for healthy activities from taking in the great outdoors to growing a garden. It’s also National...

Boca Grande Health Clinic mid-season report

BY MARK DRISCOLL Here we are in March already, and I can’t believe how fast the months are flying by. I hope everyone is enjoying Boca Grande, especially now that the weather is finally...

Ask a Doc: What to know to have a healthy, happy heart

Thousands of songs have been written about the heart. Depending upon your music genre of choice, we know where “The Heart Of Rock and Roll” is, that “My Heart Will Go On,” and hope to never...

Resilience at Boca Grande Health Clinic

The Boca Grande Health Clinic and Foundation will welcome Yale-trained and board-certified psychiatry specialist Alexander P. Miano, M.D. on February 20, 2024, for an in-person talk on...

Can you refer me? How it works at the Boca Grande Health Clinic

JONNA FOOSDIRECTOR OF OPERATIONSBOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC The Boca Grande Health Clinic has more than 6,500 patient visits a year, and a number of those visits lead to a referral to a...

Ask a Doc: Thyroid Awareness

January 18, 2024
Staff Report
Columns, Uncategorized

By EMILY HALY, M.D. January is Thyroid Awareness Month, a time when the medical profession focuses attention onthat tiny gland located in the lower front part of your neck. While small in...

Dr. Thomas J. Ervin: Mentor, friend, confidant and healer

December 15, 2023
Guest Columnist
Columns, Opinion

By Dr. Raymond A. James What does it mean to be a good physician? What makes a physician great? These are difficult questions, and they can mean different things to different people. Some...

Boca Grande Health Clinic renews AAAHC accreditation

The Boca Grande Health Clinic earned another three-year accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. The Clinic underwent and passed AAAHC’s rigorous two-day...

Hank Wright Auction benefits Health Clinic

The 29th annual Hank Wright Auction to benefit the Boca Grande Health Clinic was held on Monday, Nov. 13. Over 200 guests joined in on the fun at The Gasparilla Inn Beach Club and bid merrily...