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Addressing Diabetes, Heart Health Go Hand-in-Hand for American Heart Month

By Dr. Edleen Sarette-Exama, DNP, MSN RN, Care Coordinator, VNS Health Health Plans  Bronx Voice  February 18, 2025 BRONX - While February is Heart Health Month, given the statistics, heart health should really be a priority all year long.  In New York State alone, almost 18% of adults 65 and older report they have some form of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and 27% of all deaths are the result of CVD. And here’s another alarming fact: While many factors can increase the chances of cardiovascular disease and stroke, people with diabetes have twice the chance of developing CVD compared to the population as a whole. As a registered nurse and care manager at the home- and community-based health care nonprofit VNS Health, I work with individuals who often suffer from multiple chronic illnesses. Diabetes in particular is  common, especially among people of color. Diabetes is a challenging disease to manage, and it can fee...
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2 More Teens Busted in Fatal Pelham Bay Stabbing

 
Police arrested four teens in the fatal stabbing of Prince McMichael in Pelham Bay.

 



By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

September 27, 2022 


BRONX - Two more suspects have been arrested in the vicious stabbing of a man at the Pelham Bay station. Police say they have all four suspects who fatally stabbed Prince McMichael across from Pelham Bay Park.  




Cops arrested Andrew Tarafa, 18, and Nashid Monrose, 18, in the September 16th stabbing of 27-year-old Prince McMichael. Tarafa and Monrose were charged with manslaughter and two counts of gang assault.




Last week cops arrested Angel Rivera, 19, and another unidentified 16-year-old male in the brutal stabbing across from Pelham Bay Park. Rivera was charged with murder, manslaughter, three counts of assault and two counts of gang assault. The unidentified minor was charged with manslaughter and two counts of gang assault. 


Police released the photos of four teens wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of McMichael from Co-op City who was repeatedly stabbed outside a building at of Bruckner Boulevard and Wilkinson Avenue. 




Cops say the victim had gotten into an arguement with the suspects in front of the building at the Pelham Bay station. The group then repeatedly stabbed him. McMichael was pronounced dead at Jacobi Medical Center. 


The NYPD released surveillance video of the four suspects taken from inside an MTA bus.


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