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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...

Muggers Steal Moped at Knife Point


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice

December 17, 2022


BRONX - Police are looking for a pair of robbers who threatened and robbed an elderly man of his moped in Fordham.


Police released surveillance video of the suspects who struck near Union Hospital off of the Fordham Road BID.


At around 5 am on December 8, a 61-year-old man was sitting on his moped in front of a grocery store at 221 East 188th Street when he was approached by two men.


One of the men displayed a large knife that looked like a hunting knife. They then forcibly removed his moped.


The robbers took off with the moped on Valentine Avenue heading toward Fordham Road.


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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