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Hormone imbalance 'robbing' CEO's proteins, causing weight loss
Published on Tuesday, Jan 06, 2009
By John Boudreau
San Jose Mercury News
SAN JOSE, CALIF.: In an unprecedented letter to Apple investors and consumers Monday morning, Chief Executive Steve Jobs revealed that a hormone imbalance is ''robbing'' his body of proteins, causing him to drastically lose weight and triggering deep concern about his health in recent months.
Jobs said he has begun treatment and will remain head of the company. The news buoyed Apple's stock, which closed Monday at $94.58, up more than 4 percent.
For months, Jobs and his company fended off questions about his gaunt appearance, saying issues about his health are private. Jobs battled pancreatic cancer four years ago and reportedly told the company's board last year that he was cancer-free.
When Apple announced last month that Jobs would not give the keynote address today at Macworld in San Francisco, which will be the last Macworld the company will participate in, rumors about the co-founder's ill health spread across the Internet, sending Apple's stock down. Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller will take Jobs' place on the big stage.
Jobs, who is loathe to reveal information about his personal life, acknowledged this in Monday's letter.
''Unfortunately, my decision to have Phil deliver the Macworld keynote set off another flurry of rumors about my health, with some even publishing stories of me on my deathbed,'' he wrote. ''I've decided to share something very personal with the Apple community so that we can all relax and enjoy the show [today].''
''I have given more than my all to Apple for the past 11 years now,'' said Jobs. ''I will be the first one to step up and tell our board of directors if I can no longer continue to fulfill my duties as Apple's CEO.''
The pressure for Apple and Jobs to address the issue of his health kept building and needed to be addressed, said Tim Bajarin, president of Creative Strategies.
''There has been pressure from Wall Street, the media, etc., for Apple to clarify Steve's health,'' he said. ''The rumors were flying everywhere and the rumors were wrong.''
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San Diego, CA
Posted 09:27 AM, 01/06/2009
The dude beat pancreatic cancer? Wow. I know of a case where the person was dead 4 weeks after diagnosis.
