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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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Knife Wielding Man Goes on 2-Hour Crime Spree in the Bronx

Suspect in Stabbing of 70-Year-Old Wanted for String of Robberies on Same Day 

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a series of robberies and the stabbing of a 70-year-old worker all in the same day. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

December 21, 2023 


BRONX - A suspect wanted for a vicious stabbing of a 70-year-old worker in a Bronx business has now been linked to two robberies prior to the stabbing, the NYPD said. 


A 70-year-old worker at a beauty supply company in Ollinville was stabbed repeatedly by a man in an apparent random attack. Cops said the suspect walked into the beauty supply store on White Plains Road at around 12:30 pm on December 15. He walked up to the elderly man, pulled out a knife and repeatedly stabbed him in the torso. 


The victim was taken to Jacobi Medical Center where he was listed in critical condition. 


Investigators now believe the same man struck at two other businesses earlier that day. At around 10:30 am on December 15, the suspect walked into a dry cleaners on Nereid Avenue. Cops said the man displayed a knife and demanded cash from a worker. The employee handed over $6 and then fled. 


Two hours later the same man struck at an African restaurant on White Plains Road. The suspect entered the restaurant, walked behind the counter and removed $200 from the registers, cops said. When an employee tried to stop him, the suspect pulled out a knife and menaced her. The robber left without incident. 


Soho Boutique Customers, Store Robbed


MANHATTAN - Customers inside a Soho boutique were robbed of jewelry by a pair of thieves who also helped themselves to the store’s cash register, the NYPD said.


A few minutes later the robber went to the beauty supply store where he stabbed the 70-year-old worker, cops said.  


The suspect is described as man with a dark complexions. He was last seen wearing a gray jacket, dark pants and a black mask.

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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