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Steve Jobs Had a Liver Transplant Two Months Ago

evw writes "The Wall Street Journal reports that Steve Jobs had a liver transplant two months ago (subscription required, alternative coverage is available based on the WSJ's report). He is on track to return to work at the end of June. 'William Hawkins, a doctor specializing in pancreatic and gastrointestinal surgery at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., said that the type of slow-growing pancreatic tumor Mr. Jobs had will commonly metastasize in another organ during a patient's lifetime, and that the organ is usually the liver. ... Having the procedure done in Tennessee makes sense because its list of patients waiting for transplants is shorter than in many other states.' There are no residency requirements for transplants."

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  1. Obamaication by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I guess he did it two months ago cause in a few months, there will be line ups, no money and little interest for most Doctors (Excluding Dr. Nick) to perform the transplant in the US, after Obamaication.

    Dr. Nick is the poster child for the Health Care Obama wants to bring in to the US.

    After Obamaication there might only be cartoon Doctors like Dr. Nick who wants to perform any medical service in the US.

       

  2. Re:2 Months is very fast by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yes but unfortunately for your Dad he didn't have hoardes of Apple fanboys sacrificing infidel Zunes and worshipping the god of iPods and DRM to speed up his recovery.

  3. Lets see what you have common in there. by unity100 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Canada. Biggest trade partner of canada is u.s. u.s. senators try to push ALL laws they pass in usa to canada. like acta etc.

    britain. another country which has u.s. as one of its biggest trade partners, not only that, but also adopts many political lines of u.s. internationally, leave aside a lot of domestic stuff.

    BOTH fail in regard to socialized healthcare.

    yet france, denmark, scandinavia etc A LOT OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES manage to pull it off VERY well.

    so its not the failure of the system then. maybe its a failure of dickheads who are yelling 'socialism boooo ! it will suck our souls dry'.

    there are NO systems on the face of earth that just delivers what is expected by itself. for anything to succeed, YOU NEED TO PROPERLY RUN IT. that includes your water closet and even your butt, leave aside social mechanisms.

  4. Re:I still don't believe it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Only religious whackos use the term "christ" and only niggers who long for the glorious disco dancing days of the 70s use the term "chump". I can picture you now, a nigger wearing a pink sequined leisure suit, huge afro and a golden (electroplate, naturally) cross medallion.

    Yeah, you seem to be in the right demographic for Apple's anachronistic fag campaign.

  5. Re:Questionable standards for reporting by WSJ by afabbro · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    The Wall Street Journal articles have problems with lack of attribution and stated lack of verification of this info. If the story true (and I think it probably is), the authors of the articles need to elaborate.

    Do you whack off reading Wikipedia policies or something?

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