March 31, 2010— -- Former first lady Barbara Bush has been released from a Houston hospital after doctors determined that the likely cause of her recent ailment was a "mild relapse" of Graves ...

In 1989, Barbara Bush was diagnosed with Graves' disease. Then, two years later, George H.W. Bush came down with it—just in time for his re-election campaign.

NEW: Barbara Bush acknowledged in 1989 she had been diagnosed with Graves' disease. Bush, 88, was admitted to the hospital Monday, a family spokesman said "She is in great spirits," the spokesman said ...

Barbara Bush served as the country's first lady from 1989 to 1993. ... In 1989, she revealed that she suffered from Graves' Disease, an autoimmune disorder that affects the thyroid.

Former first lady Barbara Bush is in "failing health" and won't seek additional medical treatment, a Bush family spokesman said. "Following a recent series of hospitalizations, and after ...

After several hospitalizations over recent years due to congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Barbara Bush (who also has Graves Disease) has elected to forego further ...

For decades, she has been treated for Graves' disease, a thyroid condition. Barbara Bush has been married to George H.W. Bush since 1945, when she was 19 and he was 20. They have five children ...