When Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love takes the first snap on Sunday in Kansas City, he’ll be just the eighth different starting quarterback the Packers have had in the last 30 seasons. That’s by far the fewest in the NFL over that time: The Giants are second with 12 different starting quarterbacks since 1992, followed…

Intermediate-risk patients have similar five-year outcomes with transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement
New five-year data from the SURTAVI trial found that there was no difference in all-cause mortality or stroke between patients at intermediate surgical risk who had transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) or surgery. Although there were initially more reinterventions after TAVR, the rates were similar after two years and key clinical endpoints were also similar….

Explainer: Climate change: what are the economic stakes?
Glaciologist Andrea Fischer, from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, hikes towards the entrance of a natural glacier cavity of the Jamtalferner glacier near Galtuer, Austria, October 15, 2021. Giant ice caves have appeared in glaciers accelerating the melting process faster than expected as warmer air rushes through the ice mass until it collapses. Nov 5…

Beats announces Fit Pro earbuds with wing tip design and $200 price
Beats today announced its latest wireless earbuds, the $199.99 Beats Fit Pro. The new product slots into the Apple-owned brand’s lineup between the Studio Buds, which were released earlier this year, and the Powerbeats Pro / Powerbeats. The Fit Pros have active noise cancellation, IPX4 water and sweat resistance, and up to seven hours of…

Woman buys 40 tickets for one lottery drawing, wins $108,000
A Virginia woman who bought 40 identical tickets for the same lottery drawing ended up winning 40 times for a grand total of $108,000. Faye Hurst of Norfolk told Virginia Lottery officials she chose the Pick 4 drawing’s 50/50 option, which meant half of her wager went toward matching the numbers in their exact order…

Matthew Stafford: Disappointing it didn’t work out with DeSean Jackson
When the Rams signed wide receiver DeSean Jackson this offseason, there were plenty of people interested in seeing how he’d fare on deep balls from quarterback Matthew Stafford this season. Week Three saw Jackson score a 75-yard touchdown and he had a 68-yard gain a couple weeks later, but Jackson only caught six more passes…

Research reveals racial and ethnic disparities persist in pregnancy outcomes of patients with lupus
While investigators have known that maternal and fetal outcomes of pregnancy among women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have improved over time, it is unknown whether the improved outcomes are shared equally among different racial and ethnic groups. Lupus has been shown to disproportionately affect minorities of childbearing age. A new study that includes researchers…

Japan’s Shinsei Bank poison pill defence backed by proxy advisory firm
U.S. proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis & Co on Friday recommended shareholders of Japan’s Shinsei Bank Ltd (8303.T) vote for the lender’s plan for a poison pill defence against an unsolicited $1.1 billion bid from SBI Holdings Inc (8473.T). Mid-sized bank Shinsei opposed SBI’s approach last month, saying that the partial takeover offer could hurt…

OnePlus 7 Pro, OnePlus 7 Get New OxygenOS Update With Call Display Bug Fix
OnePlus is rolling out an update for the OnePlus 7 Pro and the OnePlus 7 – company’s erstwhile flagship smartphone series from 2019. The update has reached the global markets already and is expected to soon roll out in Europe. When Indian users can access the new update is unknown so far as no firmware…

Chicago firefighters rescue groom’s wedding ring from storm drain
The Chicago Fire Department came to the rescue when a groom dropped his wedding band into a storm drain shortly after the ceremony. Anthony Serritella said he was showing off his wedding ring to a friend after his wedding on Saturday when the band fell off his finger and into a storm drain. Serritella said…