Steve Jobs Clears Health Issues with Reporter

In a conversation with New York Times’ reporter Joe Nocera, Steve Jobs discussed his current health off-the-record. The issue of Jobs’ health has been a troubling question for investors and speculators for the past few months over the concern that his rare form of pancreatic cancer may have returned, putting the company at possible risk.

Nocera admits in his post – though he is unable to give specific details – that Jobs’ condition is more than a “common bug” that certain Apple spokespeople have used in their dismissals when questioned about the chairman’s health, but it is not as serious as the pandemonium was making it out to be, and certainly not life-threatening.

Steve Jobs is said to have made the call when he was outraged about Nocera’s comments that Steve’s cancer may have resurfaced. He reiterated that his health was a private matter, and seems to be of the belief that he doesn’t have a reason to disclose it. Though there is some debate whether or not exposing possible health issues will affect the company and its stock price, given Steve Jobs’ role and influence, he does have some say to privacy.

After receiving multiple statements from Apple’s press relations that simply echoed the company’s official position that Jobs’ health “is a private matter,” the New York Times‘ Joe Nocera received a personal phone call from Steve Jobs that appears to have settled some of the doubts about his physical condition.