Steve Jobs addresses health concerns: It’s a hormone imbalance
TG Daily - All News — ... move, Steve Jobs and Apple’s board of directors reacted to the rumors surrounding Jobs’ health. In an open letter to the Apple Community, Jobs stated that his weight loss in fact has been a concern and that doctors determined that a “hormone imbalance” is the “root cause” of the problem. Apple and Steve Jobs the CEO decided to put an end to speculations and inform investors, fans and the general public why the executive will not be giving keynote at the final Macworld. In a short " Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs " he writes that he intends to spend the holiday season with ...

News: Apple CEO Steve Jobs pens open letter on health
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond — Following ongoing rumors regarding the health of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, the company co-founder has published an open letter on the matter. Jobs writes, “For the first time in a decade, I’m getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote. 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. I’ve decided to share something very personal with the Apple community so that we can all relax and enjoy the ...

Steve Jobs suffering from a hormone imbalance, will remain CEO
AppleInsider — ... In an open letter to Apple fans Monday, Steve Jobs revealed that he's being treated for a hormone imbalance that has contributed to his rapid weight loss, but says he plans to remain Apple's CEO for the foreseeable future. The decision to have marketing chief Phil Schiller deliver tomorrow's Macworld keynote "set off another flurry of rumors about my health, with some even publishing stories of me on my deathbed," Jobs wrote, explaining that for the first time in over a decade he's spending the holiday season with his family , rather than intensely preparing for a ...

Steve Jobs: Hormone imbalance has caused my weight loss
TechBlog — ... . Jobs' health was endangered by a bout in 2004 with pancreatic cancer, and his gaunt appearance had fueled rumors that the illness had returned. Update: Here's a copy of Jobs' letter , and ...

Jobs admits to ill health
Hardware 2.0 — ... After months of speculation about Apple CEO’s health, Steve Jobs has revealed the reason for his weight loss during 2008 : For the first time in a decade, I’m getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote. 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. I’ve decided to share something very personal with the Apple community so that we can all relax and enjoy the show tomorrow. As many of you ...

Steve Jobs announces that he is ailing but will remain on as Apple CEO
Boy Genius Report — ... In an unusual and curiously-timed press release that leaves us scratching our heads, Steve Jobs has informed the Apple community that he is suffering from a hormone imbalance that caused his drastic weight loss. He is currently under treatment for the condition and will remain in place as Apple CEO without interruption. He also provides his reason for skipping Macworld this year. He wanted to spend more time with family instead of feverishly prepping for a Macworld keynote. Hit the jump for the entire press release and we wish Steve all the best for a speedy recovery. ...

Philip Schiller’s Macworld keynote detail just got easier
Between the Lines — ... . Best of times: There are no expectations for grandeur from Schiller so he’s likely to top expectations. Best of times: Schiller has some goodwill going for him in light of Jobs’ disclosure that he is being treated for a hormone imbalance instead of being on his often rumored deathbed. Best of times: Given Jobs’ disclosure that ...

Apple CEO Steve Jobs Addresses Health Rumors and More via Online Letter
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... continue as Apple’s CEO during my recovery. I have given more than my all to Apple for the past 11 years now. 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. I hope the Apple community will support me in my recovery and know that I will always put what is best for Apple first. So now I’ve said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this. Steve [Via: Apple] Related News from IntoMobile: ...

Apple CEO Steve Jobs addresses health issue in open letter
MacDailyNews — ... to regain it. I will continue as Apple’s CEO during my recovery. I have given more than my all to Apple for the past 11 years now. 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. I hope the Apple community will support me in my recovery and know that I will always put what is best for Apple first. So now I’ve said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this. Steve Source: Apple Inc. Also today, Apple’s Board of Directors have released a statement, verbatim: It is ...

Steve's OK, everyone relax
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... Who says Apple doesn't listen? More to the point, who says Steve Jobs isn't aware of the rumors? Earlier today Apple posted a letter from CEO Steve Jobs indicating precisely what has been causing his weight loss (a hormone imbalance) and why he won't be at the keynote (he's spending time with his family). ...

Jobs: Hormone imbalance causing weight loss, easily treatable, STFU
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — Here's the word directly from the horses mouth: Dear Apple Community, For the first time in a decade, I’m getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote. 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. I’ve decided to share something very personal with the Apple community so that we can all relax and enjoy the show ...

Steve Jobs admits to "hormone imbalance": does that solve it?
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk — ... today. The timing of the announcements is fascinating: rather than putting paid to speculation, as could have been done at the time, Jobs and Apple put out their statements, blaming his weight loss on a "hormone imbalance", just as MacWorld is getting prepared... and Steve Ballmer is practising his speech for CES on Wednesday. Effortlessly, Jobs has wrenched the spotlight away from CES and MacWorld without even going there. So what's at the root of the "gaunt" Jobs? In his letter, he says As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout ...

Steve Jobs sends letter about his health as a press release from Apple
Obsessable News Feed — ... Apple CEO Steve Jobs has released a letter to the Apple community in the form of an official Apple press release addressing recent speculation about his health and rumors surrounding the lack of a Steve Jobs keynote at this year's Macworld. In the letter, he reveals that he's discovered that his weight loss over the course of 2008 was due to a hormone imbalance that was depriving his body of proper nutrients. He is now undergoing treatment for the imbalance and says that just as he slowly lost the weight, the treatment will result in a slow regaining of his weight. ...

A Letter From Steve Jobs
Technologizer — ... . In fact, I don’t think I’ve written a single post that was principally about the subject. But now Jobs has published a letter to the Apple community , and it addresses months of rumor about his weight loss and recent scuttlebutt that he opted out of giving ...

Steve Jobs says hormone imbalance causing his weight loss
L.A. Times Tech Blog — ... "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," Jobs wrote in a letter to the "Apple community" released this morning. "I hope the Apple community will support me in my recovery and know that I will always put what is best for Apple first." ...

Jobs has hormone imbalance, will remain Apple CEO
Macworld — ... Steve Jobs has a hormone imbalance that’s been causing his dramatic weight loss, the Apple CEO announced Monday. But he’s also undergoing treatment and expects to continue running Apple. Jobs made the disclosure in a letter published on Apple’s Web site Monday morning. The CEO was addressing the latest rumors about his health that had began surfacing after he announced in December ...

Steve Jobs — not on the deathbed — has hormonal imbalance, will remain CEO
VentureBeat — ... Steve Jobs announced today that he has been losing weight throughout the past year because of a hormone imbalance that has been robbing his body of proteins. He said sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis and the remedy is a relatively simple treatment. He said his doctors expect it will take until this spring to regain his usual body weight. ...

Steve Jobs Confesses: Too Sick to Work
Gawker: valleywag — If you just look at how thin he is, you'd know it. But now Steve Jobs himself has admitted that his declining health is keeping him from taking the Macworld stage tomorrow. In a letter posted to Apple's website, Jobs writes: As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors. A few weeks ago, I decided that getting to the root cause of this and reversing it needed to become my #1 priority. Fortunately, after further testing, my doctors think they have found the ...

Steve Jobs Explains His Weight Loss in Healthnote
TechCrunch — ... for talking publicly about his health, Apple released a letter today from Jobs designed to dispel the rumors that his cancer has returned, but which reveals that a mysterious “hormone imbalance” has caused him to lose weight. It also admits that this health problem indeed was the reason why Jobs won’t be giving the Macworld keynote. (Apple’s chief marketing officer Phil Schiller will be filling in for him instead). Here is an excerpt from Jobs’ healthnote: Unfortunately, my decision to have Phil deliver the Macworld ...

News Bits: What's REALLY Going On With Steve Jobs
Contentinople: — OK, first off, everybody relax: Steve is OK. Now that we've all started breathing normally again, I can tell you that he has been suffering from a hormone imbalance, as he explained today in an open letter to his subjects. The hormone imbalance has been the cause of the weight loss he's shown over the past year, but he expects to regain some strength by late spring and plans to remain CEO during his recovery, he says in the letter. Apple also ...

Steve Jobs is Healthy, Will Remain Apple’s CEO
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — ... in the world. As we have said before, if there ever comes a day when Steve wants to retire or for other reasons cannot continue to fulfill his duties as Apple’s CEO, you will know it. Apple is very lucky to have Steve as its leader and CEO, and he deserves our complete and unwavering support during his recuperation. He most certainly has that from Apple and its Board. Both official statements can be found in the PR section of Apple’s website here and here.

Jobs admits 'hormone imbalance', says he's getting better
Tech Digest — ... about his health, Apple's stock takes a nosedive. Well, Jobs has come out and set the record straight, blaming a "hormone imbalance" for his weight loss. In an open letter on the Apple website, Steve has laid out the reasons why he's been looking a little peaky. He's undergoing treatment for his 'mystery illness', and says he reckons he'll be back to normal by late Spring. The full text of the letter is over the jump. ...

Steve Jobs Has Hormonal Problems
GEARFUSE — ... that has been “robbing” me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. … The remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple and straightforward, and I’ve already begun treatment. Losing protein doesn’t sound very healthy, but really Steve? Hormones? Perhaps I should get you a stick of Proactiv for your acne and a book on wet dreams or “nocturnal emissions.” It seems that all the Apple rumors about Steve Jobs dying, etc. can be laid to rest…for now. UPDATE: Steve Jobs’ letter from Apple . Link

Steve’s Dilemma, Apple’s Quandary [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... has failed to come to grips with. Being a workaholic has its price — at the end of it all, you can pay with your life. Even supermen like Steve Jobs aren’t immune to it. So, take a cue from Steve. Chill a little, spend an extra hour a day with your family, and work smarter, not longer. And to Steve, just get better. What the world doesn’t need is another day of mediocrity. – Full text of Steve Jobs’ Open Letter Dear Apple Community, For the ...

Jobs Speaks Out To Quell Health Rumors…Again [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network — ... last week that he was in fact gravely, if not terminally ill, Jobs released a letter today addressing the issue. ...

Steve Confirms Health Issue in Letter to Apple Community
Mac|Life all RSS Feed — ... his letter with the following: I have given more than my all to Apple for the past 11 years now. 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. I hope the Apple community will support me in my recovery and know that I will always put what is best for Apple first. So now I’ve said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this. Steve You can read the letter in its entirety on Apple's site . ...

What You Can Learn from Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ Health Transparency
Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim — ... keeping quiet, was not it. In an rare open letter to Apple stakeholders, Steve Jobs is transparent about his state of health. Yes, he’s sick–and clearly he’s not comfortable talking about it. But, by being radically transparent, Jobs has revealed that the state of his health is not anything serious–leaving employees, customers, and investors with the confidence that Jobs will remain as the CEO of Apple for the foreseeable future. Here’s Jobs’ open letter: Dear Apple Community, For the first time in a decade, ...

Steve Jobs Sick But Stays On As Apple CEO
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs on Monday said he is undergoing treatment for a "hormone imbalance" discovered as the cause of his mysterious weight loss. The Apple co-founder, however, said he would continue to lead the company as CEO. In a letter published on the company's Web site, Jobs said he was taking the unusual step in discussing his condition, because of the "flurry of rumors about my health, with some even publishing stories of me on my deathbed." The latest round of speculation started last week when the company announced that Jobs ...

Relax, Steve Jobs is doing fine, enjoy Macworld
SFGate: The Technology Chronicles — Relax, Steve Jobs is doing fine, enjoy Macworld Apple CEO Steve Jobs, in an unusually honest note to the Apple community , said he has gotten to the bottom of his year-long battle with weight loss and is on the road to recovery. He will continue as CEO of Apple until time he can't fulfill his duties, but now is now that time, he said. Jobs said he has a hormone imbalance that has been robbing him of needed proteins. He only recently got the final word on that through full blood tests and expects to regain his full weight by late spring. He said he has opened up about his health ...

Steve Jobs: Weight Loss a Result of Hormone Imbalance
The Inquisitr » Technology — ... The following is Steve Jobs’ full explanation of his weight loss and health, as written in an open letter to the Apple community this week. Apple’s Board of Directors followed up with a ...

CNET blows it: Reports health concerns force Apple’s Jobs from Macworld
MacDailyNews — ... to regain it. I will continue as Apple’s CEO during my recovery. I have given more than my all to Apple for the past 11 years now. 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. I hope the Apple community will support me in my recovery and know that I will always put what is best for Apple first. So now I’ve said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this. Steve Source: Apple Inc. Also today, Apple’s Board of Directors have released a statement, verbatim: It is ...

Jobs releases statement about his health
The Apple Core — ... Apple released the following statement from CEO Steve Jobs to address the persistent rumors that his health is failing due to his visible weight loss over the last year. Dear Apple Community, For the first time in a decade, I’m getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote. 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. I’ve decided to share something very personal with the Apple community ...

Jobs Clears the Air on Health Issue
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us — ... In a rare instance of disclosing details about his private life, Steve Jobs posted a letter on Apple's Web site discussing his recent health problems. Jobs explains in the letter that a hormone disorder that has caused his weight and body mass to decline, apparently reducing his ability to metabolize protein. While a mystery to him and his doctors for months, he wrote, he now has a plan of attack to reverse the problem, which he'll be focusing on in the months to come. ...

Jobs: Hormone Imbalance
dailywireless.org — ... starts tomorrow — without CEO Steve Jobs. This morning Jobs put out an open letter to address questions about his health. ...

Oh, Steve Jobs, Why Do You Hate Me?
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... this week's Macworld conference. The big news prior to the conference was the rumor that Steve Jobs was sick -- declining rapidly, too sick to work. "Nobody, however," I wrote, "has presented a single scrap of evidence that Jobs is actually sick. It's all a bunch of gossip." Several hours after posting that article, Jobs released a statement that he is sick. I really hope this isn't a sign of how the rest of the week is going to go for me. In the statement , Jobs says he's been losing weight throughout 2008. He said it was a "hormonal imbalance." "The remedy for this ...

Steve Jobs Has Hormone Imbalance
Technology - Channel Feed — ... that he has begun treatment for it and that the treatment was relatively simple and straightforward. His doctors have said that the path to gaining back his weight would take same time. They are expecting Steve to regain his weight towards the end of spring. Stock prices of Apple took a slight jump. As of this writing it’s trading at around $94.93 dollars, up by 4.5%. The market responded favorably to Steve’s disclosure. Steve’s letter to the Apple community can be read here. The statement of Apple’s Board of Directors can be found here. ...

Jobs fights off malignant rumor by copping to hormone imbalance
GMSV — In the tug of war over just which of Steve Jobs’ bodily functions warrant disclosure to investors and fans (see “ Steve Jobs health rumors just won’t die “), the Apple CEO gave some ground this morning. In an open letter posted to the company’s site , Jobs begrudgingly acknowledged that he has in fact been sick just not as sick as some suspected when he passed off his traditional keynote at this week’s Macworld.“As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008,” Jobs wrote. “The reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors. A few weeks ago, I ...

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak feels 'relief' about Steve Jobs' health
L.A. Times Tech Blog — ... that has caused his weight to drop through 2008. He said in a letter to the Apple community that the cause of his weight loss had been a "mystery" to him and his doctors, but that they had finally identified the problem and that he had begun treatment. "But, just like I didn’t lose this much weight and body mass in a week or a month, my doctors expect it will take me until late this spring to regain it," Jobs wrote. "I will continue as Apple’s CEO during my recovery." ...

Jobs Talks Health Before Macworld
Homotron.net — ... While Den Den Boy is busy getting actual news from the impending Macworld event, I'm left behind in the Homotron Laboratories scrounging for tasty tidbits. But what tidbit could be tastier than Steve Jobs finally saying something public about the rumors concerning his health. And while what Jobs said was definitely spun for the public (and of course, impossible to confirm), an open letter to the Apple community is scads more than we got during Jobs' bout with pancreatic cancer. ...

Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs
Boing Boing — Posted to the Apple web site on January 5, 2009: Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs Dear Apple Community, For the first time in a decade, I’m getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote. 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. I’ve decided to share something very personal with the Apple community so that we can all relax and enjoy the show ...

What’s going on with Steve Jobs’ hormones?
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links for 2009-01-05
Jarrett House North — ... (tags: productmanagement) Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs Steve publicly discusses his health. (tags: apple stevejobs) Apple's Jobs admits poor health (BBC) Aaaand let the ...

Apple still has a credibility problem
mathewingram.com/work — ... some time now, there has been speculation that Steve Jobs was sicker than either he or Apple wanted to admit. At first, the company said that he simply had “a bug,” and then when the company announced that he would not be doing his usual keynote speech at Macworld — a speech so associated with him that it has come to be known as a “Stevenote” — the company denied it had anything to do with his health. Now, we know that this was untrue. Steve himself has confirmed that he is unwell as a result of a “hormone imbalance,” and that he ...

Steve Jobs’ Health
Elliott C. Back — ... Today Apple released a press release, a Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs informing the world that his weight loss is not a recurrence of his pancreatic cancer, and that he is able to continue carrying out his duties as Apple’s CEO while recovering from the from his “hormone imbalance:” ...

Anyone Still Remembers Steve Jobs Is Human?
Profy — ... To me it looked like many reporters either did not want to read the letter Steve Jobs sent to the “Dear Apple Community” explaining his absence from this Macworld event or only saw what they wanted to see: Steve Jobs admitting he does have health problems. At the same time it is evident that it is quite a bitter letter from a person who is tired and who does experience problems with his health but is trying very hard for these problems not to hurt the business of his life and is also not exactly happy about some reporters describing him as being on his deathbed. ...

Steve Jobs admits to illness
D' Technology Weblog — ... After months of speculation about Apple CEO’s health, Steve Jobs has revealed the reason for his weight loss during 2008: “my doctors think they have found the cause—a hormone imbalance that has been “robbing” me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis.” ...

Steve Jobs letter to Macolytes
p2pnet news — ...   And not unreasonably, “people with money in Apple are worried about what’ll happen when he no longer runs the company,” said p2pnet earlier today. “His marketing genius alone turned it into what it is today - a media darling and The One to a devoted coterie of followers.” We also wondered, “When Jobs finally retires for whatever reason, will the company once again be relegated to the backwater from whence it came?” In an online letter to his followers, Jobs states »»» For the ...

Macworld Keynote 2009
Jarrett House North — ... It’s not going to be a Stevenote (and on that note, best wishes to Steve as he gets his hormones back in balance and gets some protein in his system). But I’ll be watching all the more closely, to see how Phil Schiller takes on the challenge of igniting excitement in the Mac faithful. Like many product managers, I have picked up a few tips about presenting product over the years from Steve, and Phil will have his own style and his own techniques which I can hopefully also snarf. ...

What Will Apple Unveil at MacWorld Today?
GeekSugar — In just an hour and a half, Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, will be delivering Apple's opening keynote at MacWorld here in San Francisco. Despite Apple announcing that this will be its last year participating at MacWorld and then Steve Jobs admitting his health problems, the show must go on, and it certainly will. Wired has already made their predictions about what we can expect Apple to announce today, and I must say, I won't be shocked if the rumored new ...

Analyst reinstates Apple — for now
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Macworld Expo 2009
dailywireless.org — ... starts today — without CEO Steve Jobs’s traditional keynote. Jobs put out an open letter yesterday saying he’s not dying, but has a hormone imbalance. ...

The Science Behind Jobs' Hormonal Imbalance
Mac|Life all RSS Feed — Steve Jobs Large Left: 2007. Right: 2008. Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs has addressed rumors concerning his weight loss in a statement to the press . In this statement, Jobs said, “after further testing, my doctors think they have found the cause--a hormone imbalance that has been ‘robbing’ me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy.” Jobs previously suffered from islet cell pancreatic cancer, a less common type of pancreatic cancer. Typically, pancreatic cancer has a high mortality rate: with a wide array of symptoms that include depression and jaundice, pancreatic cancer is ...

Did Apple Lie About Steve Jobs's Health?
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... appearance at the launch of the iPhone 3G this summer, Apple has been stonewalling about the founder and CEO's health, while rumors flew about the recurrence of the cancer he was treated for in 2004. The rumors went into hyperdrive in December, when Apple announced abruptly that it was pulling out of Macworld and Jobs was not speaking. Finally, Jobs posted a statement on the Apple site last week. He acknowledged he had a "hormone imbalance" that caused him to lose weight throughout 2008. He says it's being treated, and that he expects to regain his lost weight by spring. ...

Steve Jobs taking a leave of absence from Apple until this summer to address his health issues
VentureBeat — Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is taking a leave of absence from the company to deal with his health issues, a memo sent today from Jobs to employees states. Apple’s chief operating officer Tim Cook will step in to manage Apple’s day-to-day operations until Jobs’ planned return in June. Jobs did not attend last weeks Macworld Expo — Apple’s last — after posting a note to the public on Apple’s website discussing what he called a “hormonal imbalance” that was causing him to lose weight. ...

Reports: Steve Jobs Taking Leave Of Absence From Apple
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... , and Jobs would not deliver his keynote. Last week, Jobs published a statement that he was experiencing uncontrolled weight loss last year, which had been diagnosed as a hormone imbalance, and he expected to regain the lost weight by spring. Watch InformationWeek for updates to this breaking story. Our prayers for a speedy recovery are with Mr. Jobs and his friends and family. ...

Apple's Jobs Takes Leave From CEO Role
Contentinople: — ... (Nasdaq: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs announced that he was taking a leave of absence from his leadership role within the company, citing health-related issues that he says have become a distraction for the company. The news breaks just a week after Steve Jobs issued an open letter claiming that he would continue to operate as Apple's CEO while recovering from a nutritional problem that was recently diagnosed. "I have given more than my all to Apple for the past 11 years now. I will be the first one to step up and tell our Board of Directors if I can no longer continue to ...

★ Godspeed
Daring Fireball — ... For obvious reasons, today’s announcement from Steve Jobs that he’s taking a medical leave of absence until the end of June is, to say the least, worrisome. For one thing, today’s news is quite a sudden jerk from his announcement ...

Steve Jobs Takes Medical Leave Until June
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us — ... Then, just before Macworld Expo 2009, Jobs released a public statement saying that he was suffering from an unknown malady, which was diagnosed as a hormone imbalance. (See " ...

Jobs Tries on Retirement for Apple's Good
Fast Company - Technology — ... to employees today declaring his intention to take a leave of absence from the company until June. Shares of AAPL dropped about 6% in after-hours trading, as of this writing. Since blaming a "hormone imbalance" for "robbing" his body of nutrition in a similar letter last week, Jobs and his board have found themselves inundated with morbid speculation about the CEO's health, and by association, the future of the company. Jobs said last week the solution to his precipitous weight-loss would be a "simple and straightforward" nutritional treatment, but that hasn't stemmed the ...

Steve Jobs Takes a Leave of Absence Due to Health Issues
GeekSugar — ... Steve Jobs, who announced last Monday that he would not be delivering the keynote at Macworld, has just announced that he will be ...

Apple CEO to take temporary medical leave of absence
Krunker — ... , Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced today that he was taking a temporary medical leave of absence until the end of June. Jobs revealed early last week that he was suffering from “a hormone imbalance” that had been “robbing” his body of the proteins he needed to be healthy. At the time, it appeared Jobs would continue his post while he worked through the recuperation process. ...

Uncle Steve Is Too Sick To Come To Work
iSmashPhone - Turn your Phone into your MyPhone — ... Steve Jobs is stepping away from running Apple to take care of his ongoing health issues. Jobs -- who was diagnosed with, and treated for, a pancreatic tumor in 2004, and has been dogged by health rumors ever since -- sent an email to Apple employees today explaining that he would be stepping down from day-to-day operations at Apple until at least mid-June, handing the reins over to Tim Cook.  Earlier this month, Jobs had sent another e-missive blaming his visible weight loss on a "hormone imbalance."  Several oncologists went on record ...

Look Who's Talking About Steve Jobs's Health
Gawker: valleywag — ... that was "just ... wonderful" — and then refused to disclose the name of the brand. In a peevish letter disclosing some of his health problems, a week before he announced that they were more serious and required a six-month leave of absence, he wrote, "So now I’ve said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this." ...

Yes, Jobs' health is investors' business
MacBytes.com — ... ability to lead the company was rampant and by no means baseless. Instead of confronting the situation head-on, Apple dissembled. The company didn't even announce Jobs' 2004 cancer surgery until it was over. Last June, when Jobs looked shockingly wan and thin at a public appearance, Apple ascribed his condition to a "common bug." Last week, when Jobs was unable to make speculation go away about the reason for his absence from the annual Macworld expo in San Francisco, he released a note stating that he had been suffering a "hormone imbalance that has been 'robbing' me of ...

Why Steve Jobs's Health Matters to Us
Gawker: valleywag — ... Jobs's first letter about his health to the "Apple community" started out warmly — "I’ve decided to share something very personal with the Apple community so that we can all relax and enjoy the show tomorrow" — and then ended with a taunt — "So now I’ve said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this." ...

Why Steve Jobs Health Matters to Us
Gawker: valleywag — ... Jobs's first letter about his health to the "Apple community" started out warmly — "I’ve decided to share something very personal with the Apple community so that we can all relax and enjoy the show tomorrow" — and then ended with a taunt — "So now I’ve said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this." ...

Apple CEO Steve Jobs considering a liver transplant?
SFGate: The Technology Chronicles — ... in 2004 for a rare but treatable form of pancreatic cancer called an islet cell neuroendocrine tumor. Jobs bounced back from that surgery to launch the iPhone but questions about his health resurfaced last year after he appeared increasingly gaunt in a series of public appearances. Apple initially said he had a common bug but speculation intensified after he cancelled a speaking engagement at the recent Macworld Conference and Expo. Jobs sought to squelch those health concerns in a January 5 letter that blamed his thinness on an easily-treatable "hormone imbalance." But on ...

Steve Jobs still drives a hard bargain
Brainstorm Tech: Technology blogs, news and analysis from Fortune Magazine » Apple 2.0 — ... On Christmas Eve, at the height of the holiday season Steve Jobs said was the first in a decade he was spending with his family, Apple’s ( ...

Steve Jobs Had A Liver Transplant
Valleywag — ... Jobs took a leave of absence in January, handing control of Apple's day-to-day over to COO Tim Cook after publicly disclosing that he had a "hormone imbalance" that was "robbing" Jobs of his body's healthy proteins. Which sounds nothing like what causes one to get their liver removed. ...

Steve Jobs Had A Liver Transplant
Gawker: valleywag — ... Jobs took a leave of absence in January, handing control of Apple's day-to-day over to COO Tim Cook after publicly disclosing that he had a "hormone imbalance" that was "robbing" Jobs of his body's healthy proteins. Which sounds nothing like what causes one to get their liver removed. ...

The Not-So-Triumphant Return of Steve Jobs
Gawker: valleywag — ... because it's not like Steve Jobs likes to micromanage, or just turn up at people's offices unannounced or roam the halls. Just to recap the official line on Jobs' health, over time: First he had a "common bug" and no one should be worried; Then it wasn't that bad and Steve wasn't going anywhere; Despite his appearance, Jobs' health wasn't keeping him from doing his job; Fixing the health issue would be "simple and straightforward" and Jobs atill wasn't going anywhere; Jobs was taking ...

The Not-So-Triumphant Return of Steve Jobs
Valleywag — ... because it's not like Steve Jobs likes to micromanage, or just turn up at people's offices unannounced or roam the halls. Just to recap the official line on Jobs' health, over time: First he had a "common bug" and no one should be worried; Then it wasn't that bad and Steve wasn't going anywhere; Despite his appearance, Jobs' health wasn't keeping him from doing his job; Fixing the health issue would be "simple and straightforward" and Jobs atill wasn't going anywhere; Jobs was taking ...

Did Jobs and Apple lie about reason for departure?
ZDNet Government — ... is Jobs’ statement just nine days before he was suffering from a “hormone imbalance.” [image] Was that a lie? Or just a half-truth? Or was the board truly ignorant of the situation on January 5? The SEC wants to know. The issue here is: Did Apple or Jobs make misleading disclosures, tested by what they knew at the time?” said Robert Hillman, a securities law professor at the University of California, Davis. “A disclosure could be misleading if it’s a partial truth.” Take a look at ...

SEC Still Investigating Steve Jobs, Stock Be Damned
Gawker: valleywag — The Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly still investigating whether Apple misled investors about Steve Jobs' health. That the company's stock has nearly doubled in the intervening six months is apparently beside the point — as it should be. Back in January, word leaked that the Securities and Exchange Commission was informally looking into whether Steve Jobs misled investors when the Apple CEO downplayed his health problems just nine days before taking medical leave. At the time, Apple stock had dropped to just ...

SEC Still Investigating Steve Jobs, Stock Be Damned
Valleywag — The Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly still investigating whether Apple misled investors about Steve Jobs' health. That the company's stock has nearly doubled in the intervening six months is apparently beside the point — as it should be. Back in January, word leaked that the Securities and Exchange Commission was informally looking into whether Steve Jobs misled investors when the Apple CEO downplayed his health problems just nine days before taking medical leave. At the time, Apple stock had dropped to just ...