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Top Health Story #1: Steve Jobs Dies from Pancreatic Cancer

Steve Jobs, founder and CEO of Apple, died this year after a seven-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Jobs’ cancer was a slow-growing type, but only one in 20 people with pancreatic cancer survive five years.

Learn more from Johns Hopkins Medicine and our other partners:

-What is pancreatic cancer: http://www.sharecare.com/question/pancreatic-cancer-information

-What are the types of pancreatic cancer? http://www.sharecare.com/question/what-are-types-pancreatic-cancer

-How can I reduce my risk of pancreatic cancer: http://www.sharecare.com/question/how-reduce-risk-pancreatic-cancer

-Does pancreatic cancer run in families? http://www.sharecare.com/question/does-pancreatic-cancer-run-families

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Research by Eric Steinmehl, Taylor Dahl, Cathy Poley

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Anne Krueger

A print editor turned digital junkie, Anne launched parenting.com during her tenure as Editor-in-Chief of Parenting magazine and blogged at health.com while Executive Editor at Health magazine. She launched themotherboard.com and has worked at hgtv.com and lifescript.com.

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