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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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Perv Groped Girl on Bus in Bronx

Police are searching for this man in connection with the groping of a teen on a city bus.


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

December 2, 2022 


BRONX - A teenage girl on her way to school was groped by a man while riding a city bus in the Bronx. 


At around 7:50 am, the 15-year-old girl was riding the BX#19 bus in Morris Heights on her way to school. When the bus hit the intersection of Tremont and University Avenue she felt someone grope her. A man grabbed her buttocks and then exited the bus. 


Before the groper made a clean get away, a fellow rider snapped a photo of him and gave it to police. He was last seen wearing a long black puffy jacket with fur collar and sported a black doo rag. 



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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