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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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Wake Up for Subway Mugging in the Bronx

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a mugging in a Bronx subway train.

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

October 1, 2022 


BRONX - A Bronx straphanger woke up to a mugging on a subway train in Wakefield. 





At around 4:48 am on September 25, a 46-year-old man was sleeping on a northbound Number 2 train. Cops say at the East 241st Street - Wakefield Station, a man walked over to the straphanger and woke him up.

 



The startled victim began to walk away when the man who woke him up began punching him. The attacker removed the straphanger’s wallet and fled the train at the station. 




Cops say the victim suffered minor cuts to his forehead and the right side of his face.  


The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspect on the train platform. 





Anyone with information should 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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