Jobs Mulls Liver Transplant

How he put his wealth to work, and pushed to save others' lives, too

(NEWSER) - You can thank Steve Jobs' bum liver for the law California is about to pass that boosts organ donation. Jobs survived his bout with liver failure purely because he's rich, Business Insider reveals, and that bothered him. The Apple CEO was able to fly his private jet around the country, registering on the organ donor rolls at dozens of hospitals. That's something no normal person could afford, because most insurance plans allow registration at only one hospital. More»

Apple CEO backs Calif. bill to boost donor ranks

(NEWSER) - Steve Jobs made some rare public comments today about the liver transplant that saved his life, saying, “I almost died” while waiting in California’s inadequate system. The Apple chief, 55, appeared with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger at an event to push a bill that would make state drivers agree or decline to donate organs when they get a license, rather than have to affix a donor sticker themselves, the San Jose Mercury News reports. More»

(AP) - Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs is back at work after a five-and-a-half-month medical leave, during which he received a liver transplant. Jobs, 54, is working from Apple's Cupertino, Calif., headquarters "a few days a week" and working from home the remaining days, an Apple spokesman said today. More»

Delaying surgery was a deadly mistake, expert says

(NEWSER) - Steve Jobs would probably be alive today if he had been less of a skeptic about conventional medicine, according to a Harvard expert who has researched the kind of cancer that killed the Apple CEO. Jobs' preference for alternative medicine—outlined in a 2008 CNN article —caused him to delay surgery after cancer was detected, allowing the disease to spread, Ramzi Amri writes at Quora . Jobs, a vegetarian and a Buddhist, spent nine months trying to avoid surgery by sticking to a special diet, he notes. More»

Pancreatic cancer had spread to other organs

(AP) - A copy of Steve Jobs' death certificate indicates the Apple co-founder died of respiratory arrest that resulted from pancreatic cancer that had spread to other organs. Jobs died last Wednesday at age 56. Apple didn't disclose the cause of death, but Jobs had battled pancreatic cancer and had a liver transplant in 2009. The death certificate, released today by the Santa Clara County Public Health Department, says Jobs died at his home in Palo Alto, Calif. No autopsy was performed. Click to read about his final days . More»