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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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Home Depot Thief Menaces with Knife

Police are looking for this man in connection with shoplifting and menacing with a knife inside a Home Depot near Yankee Stadium. 


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

September 17, 2022


BRONX - A shoplifter at a Home Depot near Yankee Stadium threatened an employee with a knife when he tried to stop him.



At around 3:30 pm on August 23, a man inside the Home Depot in the Gateway Shopping Center tried to leave the store with $60 worth of merchandise. When the store’s loss prevention officer tried to stop him the man threatened the 24-year-old employee with a knife.


The thief fled the store but not before his image was captured on the store’s cameras.


Police released the video in the hopes the public recognize the suspect.


call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 


All calls remain confidential.

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