Here are a few blog highlights from this week:

One aspect of the Affordable Care Act that is the buzz of many a blog these days is the expected doctor shortage due to the influx of 33 million currently uninsured Americans who will enter the healthcare system in 2014, as well as the economic advantages for medical students choosing specialized fields over primary care. WSJ’s Health Blog, NY Times and the Washington Post’s Wonkblog have more on this.

Ed Yong over at Not Exactly Rocket Science had an interesting recent post about a cancer drug that has been discovered to “awaken” dormant HIV cells, which could provide a big step forward in the evolution of HIV treatment.

Shhhhh! Dr. Pauline Chen of the NY Times’ Well blog discusses the effect of hospital noise on patient recovery.

NLM has just introduced a new search feature that allows searchers to look for structured abstracts in PubMed.