Adrenal hormone function was restored in animal studies, potentially paving the way for a functional cure for primary adrenal insufficiency in humans, according to research being presented ...

Addison’s disease is an autoimmune condition — affecting about one in 100,000 people — in which the body attacks its organs, specifically the adrenal glands.

What causes Addison’s disease? Addison’s disease may be caused by a disorder of the adrenal glands (primary adrenal insufficiency). The disease may also be caused if the pituitary gland stops ...

One famous person diagnosed with the disease was President John F. Kennedy, according to multiple sources such as PBS, History Channel and the New York Times. Symptoms of Addison’s disease ...

Addison's affects between one and three people per 100,000 in the U.S., according to National Adrenal Diseases Foundation executive director Melanie Wong, who was diagnosed with the disease at age 29.

When a patient experiences an adrenal crisis associated with Addison disease (primary adrenal failure), hydrocortisone and fluid resuscitation must be given immediately in order to prevent ...

Patients with Addison’s disease are at increased risk for infection, and infectious diseases are likely to provoke adrenal crisis in this population, according to two new studies. Stefanie ...

Familial Addison's disease has been reported with congenital hypoplasia of the adrenal glands, 9–11 congenital absence of the pituitary gland, 14 spastic paraplegia and cerebral gliosis (Addison ...

The causes of the disease aren't known, and large genetic studies have been difficult to conduct because Addison's is so rare. For example, only about 1 in 100,000 people in Sweden develop it each ...

AuthorsLouisRavreby, M.D., and Wilbur H.Sawyer, M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published July 22, 1948 N Engl J Med 1948;239: 110 - 113 DOI: 10.1056/NEJM194807222390402 VOL. 239NO. 4 Notes ...