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MDA’s award-winning bimonthly national magazine goes to everyone registered with MDA, as well as to MDA clinics, researchers and subscribers.
Quest publishes articles on all aspects of living with a neuromuscular disease, and updates on research findings. Quest’s circulation is 125,000.
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Quest
Volume 4, Number 3, June 1997
COVER
- The New Breed of Athletes
20-year-old Katie Bowen's great pitching arm helped take her team to the Big League Softball World Series in 1995. Katie is one of the new breed of sports lovers with physical disabilities who meet the challenges of playing, coaching, reporting and umpiring the games they love.
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FEATURES |
- Speaking of Sex
Myths and misconceptions about sexuality abound in our culture, especially concerning disability. A look at reality shows that neuromuscular disease imposes relatively few physical barriers to doing what comes naturally. * This article received a 1998 EDI (Equality, Dignity, Independence) Award from the National Easter Seals Society.
- Autoimmune Diseases: The Body at War With Itself
The immune system is normally our front-line defense against infection. But when the immune system
mistakenly sees healthy cells as the enemy, serious diseases result.
- MDA--A Personal Perspective
Dr. Robert H. Brown Jr., a leading MDA clinician and researcher, tells how the Association enhances his
ability to help people with neuromuscular diseases.
- Managing Managed Care
The cost containment focus of today's health-care system is a poor prescription for people with progressive diseases.
- Life Without a Smile
How serious are the social and psychological effects of facial weakness? Two people with FSH
muscular dystrophy tell how they cope.
- Research Updates
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