• If doctors wouldn't take these drugs, we probably shouldn't either.

• A new federal report that many important people will completely ignore, "forecasts more drenching rains, parching droughts (especially in the Southwest), intense heat waves and stronger hurricanes if long-lived greenhouse gases continue building in the atmosphere."

• Triple negative breast cancer is rare, aggressive, difficult to treat, and most likely to strike younger black women. Sigh.

• When zoo animals need nursing homes.

• This is just so sad. And so, so stupid.

• People are wary of partaking in genetic testing for fear insurance companies will use the findings against them. That's a pretty valid fear, I'd say.

• Blacks are more likely to die of lung disease and more likely to be removed from organ donor lists.

• Seattle, Wa., tops a list of the healthiest cities to live in.

• The FDA's approval of a controversial breast cancer drug has some health professionals worried that drug standards have lowered.

• Rumor has it Eddie Murphy and Tracey Edmonds are getting married in Tahiti today. One thing's for sure, whenever they do tie the knot, Angel Iris Murphy Brown will not be in attendance. [SR]

• Black coaches are still getting a raw deal in college football. [SN]

• Oh, please, please, Issues4Life Foundation! Please help African American teens have more babies. It's just what the community needs! [CCD]

• Interracial couples, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, does not want you. [BET]

• A genetic mutation that increases the odds of breast cancer in some Jewish women has been found in Hispanics and Blacks, as well. [CT]

• Utah is the most depressed state in the nation. That sounds right, since many people I know would be pretty depressed if they lived in those there.

• For every 11 lbs women diagnosed with breast cancer gain, they are 14 percent more likely to die.

• Chimps are smarter than college kids. OMG! Newayz, how wuz ur wknd?

• Beware the deadly Chikungungya.

• Do you have a boss who bitches when you call in sick? Send him this.

I'm all for service journalism, and black women need all the breast cancer information possible, considering the disparity in fatality rates. I'm also all for the concept of this NBC Nightly News series, in the sense that I thought it was going to give black women some due for the accomplishments we have made through the years and also bring some new, meaty information to the table. Instead, it's sort of doom and gloom — Monday we got a report on why black men aren't reaching the same professional level as black women, and yesterday we got the scary breast cancer report. It's not that I'm accusing NBC of providing false information, all of it is true. But it's all very elementary and not very helpful or in-depth. There are three more segments, and here's hoping things get a little more informative and a little less like the producers just searched the internet for "black women and education" and "black women and breast cancer" and reported whatever information the first couple of hits produced.

After the jump, check the web extra for some health tips.

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• The NAACP in Myrtle Beach says a local Friendly's restaurant closed its building and served a limited menu from the sidewalk during black biker week, but stayed open during a bike event attended by mostly whites. [ABC2]

• A minority coalition in Georgia hopes to encourage 100,000 blacks, Hispanics and Asians to register to vote in the coming election. [AJC]

• The Justice Dept.'s voting rights chief has officially apologized for making the claim that voting laws that affect old people can't also affect minorities, since they die before they get old. It's a paraphrase, but I'm really not exaggerating. [MH]

• Black women with breast cancer are more likely to relapse. [UPI]

• Fifteen of the plaintiffs in the Morgan Stanley lawsuit are quite unhappy with their settlement. [PR]

• The FDA just approved a new HIV drug that attacks the virus in a different way — great news for patients who have developed a resistance to current HIV drugs.

• Calling Supreme Court justices — women are just as likely to get abortions when it's illegal as they are when it's not.

• Breast cancer treatment differs between black and white women. No way!

• Prostate cancer is more likely to return in blacks than in whites.

• First borns have higher IQs? As a last born, i recent the implications.

• A two-headed turtle. That's all I have to say about that.

• My goodness, will someone just give this chimp a home, please?

• Every teenager on earth is buying their parents this guy's book for Christmas.

• Blacks and Latino diabetics are less likely than whites to have their blood sugar under control.

• The death rate from breast cancer continues to drop! But…blacks and Latinos have not benefited as much from the medical advances that contribute to the rate's decline.

• Odd, but I think I might like her better blond, or at least with lighter hair. I don't deal well with change. [MG]

• Robin Roberts plans to stay on air at Good Morning America as much as possible even though she'll be fighting through breast cancer chemo. [People]

• Is having to sit through natural childbirth punishment for the ubiquitous lower back tattoo? [Gawker]

• Not sure if the phrase "100% behind" is the best way for an R&B star whose career has been plagued by gay rumors to describe his feelings about his ex-wife's relationship with an actor whose career has been plagued by gay rumors. [SOHH]

• Timbaland and Keri Hilson are trying to win over the bored housewife population. [SP]

• Wear black tomorrow to support the Jena Six. [Clutch]

• If they can do it, why can't we?

• If only the Incas knew…

• Here's the 8 millionth study trying to explain why breast cancer is deadlier in black women.

• And let's not forget about prostate cancer in men.

• But I thought global warming didn't exist?

Contrary to the rumors that have been furiously circulating the Internet and reported in the ever-reliable National Enquirer, Toni Braxton does not have breast cancer.

“There has been a rumor circulating that I have been diagnosed with breast cancer. After feeling something uncomfortable in my left breast, I went in for a screening. I was very fortunate that they did not find anything and I am in great health. However, I encourage women to take their annual tests and suggested precautions to prevent this disease that continues to affect so many women.”

Phew, I was worried for a while there. Now, I can breathe again.

[AH]

• Scientists have come up with a breast cancer vaccine that actually works? Well, kind of. But not really.

• Poor housing conditions, a thing most people living in them have little control over, are related to diabetes in African Americans.

• Shock! Black adolescents have some psychosocial issues, too.

• And it's about that time again. Welcome to earth, Hurricane Dean.

• There is such a thing as internet addiction, but it is in my best interest not to tell you too much about it. Carry on with your daily perusal of Stereohyped.

Robin Roberts, the excessively perky host on Good Morning America, announced on the air today that she had breast cancer and would be undergoing treatment over the next few months. Her announcement is accompanied on the ABC Web site by a scary first person account of her diagnosis.

At first I thought, "This can't be. I am a young, healthy woman." Nevertheless, I faced my fear head on and made an appointment to see the doctor. Much as I was hoping the doctor would say it was nothing, she did a biopsy and confirmed that the lump I'd found was indeed an early form of breast cancer.

Hearing the doctor say those words out loud was surreal.

I will be having surgery shortly and follow-up treatment in the months to come. So in the coming months, you will probably notice that I will have my good days and my bad days, but I know I will get through it with the love and support of my family and friends.

If you want, you can send her a personal message here. And then — I'm clearly just talking to the ladies — do a self-breast exam!

[ABC]