The Economic Times

Laura Dern honors final promise to Diane Ladd by opening up about her terminal lung disease

Laura Dern is honoring her late mother, Diane Ladd, by raising awareness about idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive and often misdiagnosed lung disease. Through the Beyond the Scars campaign, Dern focuses to encourage education, early diagnosis, and patient support. Ladd was diagnosed in 2018 and lived far beyond her original prognosis, inspiring advocacy stemmed in resilience and transparency.