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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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Serial Groper Touched 14-Year-Old Girl in Bronx

Cops are searching for this man in connection with the groping of a 14-year-old girl in the Bronx.


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

November 14, 2022 


BRONX - Police are looking for a serial groper who touched a young girl inappropriately in the Bronx.  


The NYPD released surveillance video of a suspect wanted in at least two gropings in different sections of the Bronx. 


At around 8 am on October 24, a 14-year-old girl was walking near a school on Mosholu Parkway when a man approached her. Cops say the man grabbed the girl’s buttocks. He then ran away. 



Two hours later, the suspect struck again off of Pelham Parkway. At around 10:40 am on October 24, the suspect attacked a 27-year-old woman inside an apartment building in the vicinity of Holland Avenue and Lydig Avenue. Cops say the man rubbed up against the woman’s buttocks and then ran off. 




Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to 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 are strictly confidential.

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