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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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5 Wanted in Beat Down, Shooting in Front of Bronx Nail Salon

New Video - 5 Suspects Wanted for Assault on Stratford Avenue

The NYPD is searching for five suspects in conenction with a beating and shooting outside a Bronx nail salon. -Photo by NYPD
The NYPD is searching for five suspects in conenction with a beating and shooting outside a Bronx nail salon. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

February 6, 2024 


BRONX - The NYPD released new photos of five suspects wanted for beating a Bronx man and then trying to shoot him on a busy street. 


At around 7 pm on January 29, a 25-year-old male was standing in front of a Soundview nail salon at 1207 Stratford Avenue. Cops said a group of young men approached him and then attacked. 


The attackers punched and kicked the victim repeatedly, cops said. Then as the victim tried to get away, one of the attackers pulled out a handgun and opened fire, cops said. 


The gunman missed and the victim fled. 


When police arrived to question the victim he refused medical treatment.  


The NYPD released new surveillance video of the five suspects taken from inside a convenience store. All the suspects are described as males with dark complexions. 


Four of the five suspects wore black bubble jackets one of which was a North Face jacket. One of the suspects wore a winter coat with a tan fur collar. He also has a mustache. 


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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Location: 1207 Stratford Ave, Bronx, NY 10472, USA

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