The American Heart Association brought hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and Hands-Only CPR awareness to Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic-Serving Institutions across the U.S.

Organ donation after the heart stops beating, a practice called donation after circulatory death, has gone from rare to routine in the United States, a new study shows. This shift over the past 25 years, aided by technological advances, is helping to meet the growing demand for transplants, the authors say. 

Adolescents are chronically sleep deprived on school days, which negatively impacts their well-being and ability to learn. A new study conducted by the University of Zurich and the University Children’s Hospital Zurich reveals that a flexible start to the school day can improve adolescents’ sleep, health and academic performance.

There exists a gap between the theoretical knowledge and training received by teachers and the real-world requirement of schools. Consequently, most teachers find it difficult to balance their emotions, aspirations, and the demands of their professional role. A recent study explores how a holistic approach to teacher education, integrating modified version of Korthagen's onion model and Chinese cultural resources, bridged the gap between theory, practice, and person.

Getting children to play together cooperatively depends less on their social skills and more on the activity, especially when they are not already friends, a study shows. Researchers found that non-friends played more “in sync” when given a task to complete. In goal-directed play, their connectedness (cooperation and coherent communication) rose by about 25% compared with situations where they were just asked to play freely with toys. The findings suggest that if parents or teachers want children who are not friends to play collaboratively and positively, giving them a shared goal can encourage more cooperative behaviour.