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Apple Inc. co-founder and Chief Executive Steve Jobs said that he is going to take a medical leave until the end of June. However, these is announced just a week after the cancer survivor tried to assure investors and employees his recent weight loss was caused by an easily treatable hormone deficiency. On the other hand Apple stock drops as they announced Jobs is taking medical leave.

Steve Jobs, the 53 years old Apple’s CEO said in his latter last week that he would remain at Apple’s helm despite the hormone problem, and that he had already begun a “relatively simple and straightforward” treatment. But in an e-mail to employees Wednesday he wrote “During the past week I have learned that my health-related issues are more complex than I originally thought,”

When the roomers and news about the CEO’s health and his gaunt appearance was all-round, Apple’s shares have started to pitched and crashed over the last year. As the top executive’s health is an issue for investors in any company, at Apple the level of concern reaches fever arena because Jobs has a hand in everything from ideas for new products to the way they’re marketed. And the investors fear that, Apple will not be able to sustain its growth of the last decade, which has seen Apple branch out from its Mac computers into the iPod and the iPhone without Jobs.