Umm, About That Brain Tumor...

Here's what we're reading today:

Alzheimer's: The New Scientist Magazine offers a consumer-friendly Q&A on what the first new diagnostic guidelines in 25 years for Alzheimer's disease could mean for doctors and patients – particularly when few new treatments are on the horizon.

ScienceBlogs: The fallout from the PepsiCo debacle continues with prolific blogger Bora Zivkovic's thoughtful, if lengthy, discussion of journalistic ethics on the high-profile science blog network and why he's leaving. A surprising tidbit: "Seed tried to hire an outside freelance science journalist to host the Pepsi blog. Apparently, they could not find anyone."

Investigations: The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists launches its new Global Muckraker blog, which we hope will be worth checking out for international health stories in the near future.

HIV/AIDS: Forget about being a drug user: inner city heterosexuals' highest risk factor for HIV infection is poverty, researchers say.   

Liar, liar: From our WTF files: A Pennsylvania teacher-of-the-year nominee  is charged with lying about having brain cancer so she could get time off work. Her sympathetic coworkers raised money to send her and her family to Disney World. Nice!