Diane D. Blier

Oct 4, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Sumeet Dhillon |Jennifer Cesolini |Diane D. Blier |Padraic Stanley

When considering the diseases that United States veterans are burdened with, you might think of COPD, Type 2 Diabetes, certain cancers, post-traumatic stress disorder, and depression. However, there is another disease diagnosed at twice the rate in veterans compared to the general population: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). ALS is one of the only diseases known to occur at an increased rate in all veterans, regardless of when or how long they served.

Mar 21, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Dympna Weil |Eva Feder Kittay |Paige Budde |Diane D. Blier

Words are everything. They carry energy. They are the currency of our connection to each other. They are the currency through which we will share with future generations; they are how we communicate with people in generations past. And they carry weight in terms of how we speak to ourselves. When we begin to grow in awareness of the words we are using and the language we choose, it sometimes becomes humbling to notice. How we speak to ourselves, and the energy we are exposed to every day.