Star treatment: Addison's disease

From: The Scotsman | Date: November 19, 2002| Author: Dr KEITH HOPCROFT | Copyright information

FEELING tired and run down? Usually, it's just a case of needing some sleep, less booze and more exercise. But you might just be the one in 100,000 who has developed something in common with John F Kennedy: Addison's disease. The author of the late American President's biography has revealed that his subject suffered this rare illness towards the end of his life.

Addison's disease is a shutdown of the adrenal glands, the small bits of gristle sitting just above the kidneys that produc...

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