View this email in your browser<http://us11.campaign-archive1.com/?e=4aad33fd68&u=f8609630ae206654824f897b6&id=157d3a95b0> [STAT]<http://statnews.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f8609630ae206654824f897b6&id=c0de78079c&e=4aad33fd68> Monday, October 2, 2017 [Daily Recap] Sponsored by [Logo] Here's the latest news in health and medicine. For more, check out statnews.com<http://statnews.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f8609630ae206654824f897b6&id=74d1b6c194&e=4aad33fd68> and follow us on Facebook<http://statnews.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f8609630ae206654824f897b6&id=056a196fca&e=4aad33fd68> and Twitter<http://statnews.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f8609630ae206654824f897b6&id=b6ddf35938&e=4aad33fd68>. U.S. states are waging a civil war over donated livers. Will a new proposal finally resolve it?<http://statnews.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f8609630ae206654824f897b6&id=a5277ea3fa&e=4aad33fd68> By Casey Ross [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f8609630ae206654824f897b6/images/5704559a-8978-4b90-8665-199cd70fbbd3.png]<http://statnews.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f8609630ae206654824f897b6&id=d85abd6418&e=4aad33fd68>[https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f8609630ae206654824f897b6/images/6c991793-efa4-4905-ae53-0070e6ce14b6.png]<http://statnews.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f8609630ae206654824f897b6&id=5faec3b76c&e=4aad33fd68> [https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/AP_728625632717-1024x576.jpg] Ariana Cubillos/AP The messages, many deeply personal, focus on the regional boundaries that divide life from death for patients with liver disease. “My partner passed away waiting for a liver transplant in Chicago,” one commenter wrote in support of a proposal to change the nation’s system of allocating livers. “Any move that can make access to transplant more equitable is a move in the right direction.” Read More<http://statnews.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f8609630ae206654824f897b6&id=2628dcedd7&e=4aad33fd68> Three U.S. scientists win Nobel Prize for uncovering inner workings of the biological clock<http://statnews.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f8609630ae206654824f897b6&id=b5d3196d28&e=4aad33fd68> By Sharon Begley [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f8609630ae206654824f897b6/images/5704559a-8978-4b90-8665-199cd70fbbd3.png]<http://statnews.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f8609630ae206654824f897b6&id=58abe88748&e=4aad33fd68>[https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f8609630ae206654824f897b6/images/6c991793-efa4-4905-ae53-0070e6ce14b6.png]<http://statnews.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f8609630ae206654824f897b6&id=ca1ac9cbbd&e=4aad33fd68> [https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/NOBEL_2-1024x576.jpg] Alex Hogan/STAT The 2017 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded on Monday morning to Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael Young for their discoveries of the molecular underpinnings of the circadian rhythms that help organisms adapt to our 24-hour days. The scientists “were able to peek inside our biological clock and elucidate its inner workings,” said Thomas Perlmann, secretary of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, who announced the prize in Stockholm. “Their discoveries explain how plants, animals, and humans adapt their biological rhythm so that it is synchronized with the Earth’s revolutions.” Read More<http://statnews.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f8609630ae206654824f897b6&id=45c03321d3&e=4aad33fd68> In sicker communities, Trump got more votes. 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Money raised by breast cancer charities has increased screening and funded important research. It has saved lives, including those of people I know and love. My issue is that the amazing job that breast cancer charities have done raising funds and awareness has exacted a heavy toll on awareness and fundraising opportunities for other types of cancer — like colorectal cancer<http://statnews.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f8609630ae206654824f897b6&id=9065eeec42&e=4aad33fd68>, the one I am currently living with. Read More<http://statnews.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f8609630ae206654824f897b6&id=ffcd817527&e=4aad33fd68> STAT Plus: 4 ways the Trump tax changes could help the pharmaceutical industry<http://statnews.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f8609630ae206654824f897b6&id=ac37984530&e=4aad33fd68> By Ed Silverman [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f8609630ae206654824f897b6/images/5704559a-8978-4b90-8665-199cd70fbbd3.png]<http://statnews.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f8609630ae206654824f897b6&id=4a36aaaf2f&e=4aad33fd68>[https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f8609630ae206654824f897b6/images/6c991793-efa4-4905-ae53-0070e6ce14b6.png]<http://statnews.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f8609630ae206654824f897b6&id=1d208e07fa&e=4aad33fd68> [https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/IRS-1024x576.jpg] David Ake/AP For the pharmaceutical industry, the proposed tax reform might be spelled this way: G-I-F-T. 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