A UVA analysis of 1,678 purported reincarnation cases found that unexpected deaths correlated with shorter intervals before reported rebirth, with the most unexpected deaths showing a 40% faster turnaround. Surprisingly, this pattern was stronger among families skeptical of reincarnation, challenging assumptions that cultural beliefs or grief-coping explain the phenomenon, researchers say.
UVA Health’s Taison Bell, MD, joined national experts to develop new sepsis care guidelines through the Infectious Diseases Society of America and seven other organizations. Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, the recommendations cover rapid diagnostic testing, immediate antibiotics for septic shock, electronic surveillance, and infection prevention measures aimed at standardizing hospital care and reducing sepsis’s deadly annual toll.
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