The U.S. Supreme Court upheld key provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The individual mandates and the optional Medicaid expansion will begin on January 1, 2014.

Those charged by the ACA health reform act to identify best clinical practices that are evidence-based and applicable across diverse populations can learn much from the experience of the Medicare-funded End Stage Renal Disease Program.

A single-payer health system is the only way for the United States to consolidate fragmented health care administration, successfully negotiate lower prices for medical care, and adopt responsible rather than profit-driven strategies.

Surgeons’ regret experiences arising from factors beyond their control might mean that organizations need to step up and help.

A transition to organoids and organ-on-a-chip technologies would signal a paradigm shift in biomedical research.

Poor sleep affects nearly every organ system and influences many morbidity and mortality causes, so screening for sleep sufficiency and quality should be prioritized.

Neuroscience should be at the core of a sound sleep health curriculum, especially in early classroom-based medical education. 

Access to shelter can improve health outcomes for individuals experiencing homelessness and reduce overall health costs.

Within the United States, many “immersions” happen in student-run indigent care clinics that serve vulnerable populations.

Geriatric psychiatry offers stable career prospects and opportunities to express humanitarian impulses by working closely with elders.