On that day, President John F ... with Addison's disease, a rare adrenal disorder that had practically left him without functioning adrenal glands. For years, JFK and the Kennedy family denied ...

RFK Jr. claimed at his congressional confirmation hearing that he was "raised at a time when there was no chronic disease ...

John F. Kennedy graduating from Harvard University ... But illness ended his Princeton career within weeks. The problem was Addison's disease, a malady which had plagued him for years, causing ...

For nearly six decades, the Kennedys, thought of as American royalty, owned a mansion on Palm Beach. Joseph and Rose Kennedy in 1933 spent $120,000 on the more than 15,000-square-foot home with 176 ...

Robert Dallek, professor of history at Boston University and author of An Unfinished Life: John F ... released the stories that Kennedy had Addison’s disease, and the Kennedy campaign, led ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. started developing symptoms of the condition in 1996. Spasmodic dysphonia is a neurological condition ...