Early diagnosis and treatment may help. But neither Cushing's nor Addison's disease can be prevented or truly cured.

By Tom Ewing

Every single moment of its life, whether fast asleep or wide awake, your cat’s physical well-being relies on the efficient and nonstop functioning of its endocrine system — an array of small organs (glands) that manufacture life-sustaining chemicals called hormones and deliver them directly into the animal’s bloodstream. Among the components of this elaborate system, none is more vitally important than the adrenal glands, a pair of tiny, bean-shaped masses of tissue — one on each side of your cat’s abdomen — situated just in front of its kidneys. …

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