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Steve Jobs' Health: A Red Herring

"The issue of Jobs' health is old news."

Having watched family and friends succumb to recurrences of a variety of cancers, none as lethal as pancreatic cancer, it's very naive to write off Job's health as old news. My father, a physician with access to the best oncological care in the United States, started out with renal cell cancer which was "isolated" in his kidney...and the kidney was removed. Over time, renal cell cancer has showed up in his lungs (inoperatable), his brain (operatable), and esophagus (inoperatable). At this point my father's cancer is "old news", but my family knows that his death, when it finally comes, will be related to the original diagnosis of kidney cancer.

The Street has the right to question Apple,and receive answers,about Steve Jobs health without vilification...especia... when no succession plan appears to be in place.