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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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Crook Stole Donation Box from Mosque

Cops are searching for this man, they say, took a donation box from a mosque. -Photo by NYPD


By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

March 29, 2023


BRONX - Cops are looking for the cold-hearted crook who stole the donation box from a Bronx mosque. The theft was captured on surveillance video. 


At around 10:20 pm on March 26, a man entered the Bronx Muslim Center around the corner from Monroe College in the Fordham Heights section of the Bronx. Surveillance video shows the man stroll into the mosque, walk over to the donation box, that was sitting on a chair, and remove it. 


The suspect was last seen wearing a black leather jacket, scarf and knitted cap. 





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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