Surgery May Have Spurred Steve Jobs’s Weight Loss (Update1) (Bloomberg)

Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Parts of Steve Jobs’s stomach, pancreas, bile duct and small intestine may have been removed to stop the spread of cancer. If so, the surgery may be fueling the Apple Inc. chief executive officer’s weight loss.

LB seminar discusses weight-loss surgery (Long Beach Press-Telegram)

The St. Mary Center of Surgical Treatment of Obesity is providing an educational seminar, "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Weight-Loss Surgery," on Jan. 13 from 7 to 8 p.m.

Weight loss surgery improves sexual function in men (China Daily)

NEW YORK – Sexual dysfunction that commonly occurs in morbidly obese men improves after weight loss surgery, according to a new study. "Sexual dysfunction should be considered one of the numerous potentially reversible complications of obesity," the study team concludes.

Experts tie pancreatic surgery to Jobs' weight (San Francisco Chronicle)

The removal of part of Steve Jobs' pancreas four years ago is the most likely cause of the type of hormonal problems Apple Inc.'s founder has blamed for his dramatic weight loss over the past year, according to medical experts. Jobs, who announced Monday he...

CEO Jobs says hormones caused weight loss (Moldova.org)

Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs ended speculation about his health problems, saying a hormone imbalance, not cancer, was causing his weight loss.Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2004 and underwent surgery, CNNMoney.com reported Monday. Recently, his weight loss has been visible to the public, causing concern the cancer had returned.In a letter made public Monday, Jobs said a ...