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We decided to move to find better opportunities, have a better life and also, part of it was my mother recognized how good of an education I could get here in the United States, Quezada Herrera said. Education was always something that I deeply valued. I always knew I needed to go to college to help be able to provide for my family, he said. At the end of the day, they were putting all of their hopes and dreams into me.
And thus far Quezada Herrera has delivered, earning a bachelor s degree, the $5,000 American Political Science Association Diversity Fellowship Award and a scholarship to pursue a PhD in political science at Emory University in Atlanta.
Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol ‘may help protect the heart’
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Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol may help protect the heart by dampening stress-related signals in the brain, research suggests.
US scientists found that when compared to being teetotal or indulging in excessive levels of alcohol, moderate drinking – equivalent to one drink for women and two for men per day – is associated with a lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.
The preliminary research, which is being presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 70th Annual Scientific Session and has not yet been published in a journal, is based on a healthcare survey of more than 53,000 people.
Details are fuzzy: Childrenâs eyesight got worse during the pandemic
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