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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...

Holiday Horror - Children, Age 5, Found Dead in Bronx Apartment

Two 5-Year-Old-Children Found Dead in the Bronx 

The NYPD is investigating the deaths of 2 children found inside a Bronx apartment. -Citizen App

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

December 18, 2023 


BRONX - Two children have been found dead inside a Bronx apartment as investigators try to determine a cause of death, the NYPD said. 


At around 11:20 am today, emergency personnel arrived at an apartment building on East 175th Street in Mount Hope. Inside the apartment officials found a boy and a girl, age 5, unconscious in the apartment. 


The children were later pronounced dead.  


Published reports claim the children are siblings. Police are investigating and the city’s medical examiner will determine a cause of death. 


Published reports claim the investigation considers the deaths suspicious. 


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