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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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Sicko Attacks 2 Young Girls as They Sleep

Police are searching for this man in connection with a series of sexual assaults on young girls in the Bronx. -Photo by NYPD


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice

June 30, 2023


BRONX - Cops have identified a man wanted for the sexual assault on one young girl and the attempted rape of a 9-year- old girl.


Police released a mug shot of a man they have identified as the suspect in the attacks on two young girls in the Bronx. Police are looking for 31-year-old Ernest Robinson.


Investigators did not release any additional information on the suspect or what he had previously been arrested for.


At around midnight on March 11, a 10-year-old girl slept in her bedroom in an apartment building in the vicinity of Boston Road and East 166th Street. Cops said the child woke to not only find a man in her room but to find him rubbing his genitals on her buttocks.


The attacker then fled the building. It is unclear how he gained access to the apartment.


At around midnight on May 28, a 9-year-old girl was sleeping in her bedroom in an apartment building in the vicinity of Belmont Avenue and East 179th Street.


Cops said a man snuck into the bedroom and woke the girl. He then tried to rape the child, cops said.


The man fled the apartment. It is unclear how the attacker gained entry into residence.


Cops said the girl was evaluated at the scene.


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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