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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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Halloween Horror - Man Stabbed Inside Bronx Target

New Video of Stabbing Suspect Released 
The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a stabbing inside a Target store in the Bronx. -Photo by NYPD

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a stabbing inside a Target store in the Bronx. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

December 9, 2024 


BRONX - Cops are looking for a man who turned a Bronx Target store into a House of Horrors on Halloween night when he stabbed a fellow customer, cops said. 


At around 8 pm on October 31, a 36-year-old shopper was inside a Target store in the Throggs Neck Shopping Center at 815 Hutchinson River Parkway. Cops said the shopper got into an argument with a another man who was dressed all in black. 



As the argument got heated, the man in black pulled out a knife and stabbed the shopper in the abdomen. 


EMS raced the victim to Jacobi Medical Center where he was treated and listed in stable condition.


 

The NYPD released surveillance video from inside the store. In the video the suspect is seen running out of the store at the time of the stabbing. 


The suspect is described as a male with a dark complexion. He was last seen wearing a black balaclava, black hoodie, black pants and black sneakers. It is unclear what led to the deadly confrontation. 


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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