Matthew Herper reports for Forbes, “The National Enquirer has reported that Steve Jobs has only six weeks to live based the paper’s analysis of photographs that purportedly show the Apple founder. Hogwash.”
“Even if the photographs are real, the estimate of how much time Jobs has left, or any speculation about his condition, is baseless,” Herper reports. “You don’t have to take my word on that – you can listen to Otis Brawley, Chief Medical Officer of the American Cancer Society and a noted oncologist.
“‘Based on a photograph or even based of a videotape of someone giving a presentation on stage, it is impossible to make an estimation of someone’s life expectancy,’ says Brawley. What’s more, he says, it’s not even really possible to make those kinds of estimates after a real exam,” Herper reports. “‘I can’t look at someone’s picture and immediately say they’re sick,’ says Brawley.”
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MacDailyNews Take: “It’s not even really possible to make those kinds of estimates after a real exam.” – Otis Brawley, Chief Medical Officer of the American Cancer Society and a noted oncologist, February 17, 2011
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn W.” for the heads up.]
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