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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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Check Out the New Digital Version of Quest!
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Photography Bursts Fourth
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This still-life image, "Carmen Red," was created by Pennsylvania photographer Carl Yeager, who has SMA. Along with a portfolio of his work, this feature illustrates how digital technology has made photography much more accessible for people with disabilities.
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Stories by Topic
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QUEST
Volume 5, Number 5, October 1998
COVER
- Are You Scared Yet?
In the Halloween spirit, Ofek Lev appears in a haunting "Self-Portrait." Be warned: This magazine contains more ghoulish getups from the MDA family. Ofek's chilling costume, and the photo, were created by his macabre mom, Michelle Cohen Lev.
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FEATURES |
- Gene Therapy Research
An update on MDA's progress toward gene therapy human trials.
- A Bounty of Books
For your holiday shopping convenience, we offer this catalog of the best in recent books for children and everyone else on your list.
- Sailing Boldly on the Sea of Life
MDA's 1998 National Personal Achievement Award recipient long ago set her course toward independence and adventure.
- Breathe Easy
Neuromuscular disease doesn't usually harm the lungs, but it weakens the muscles that operate them, creating life-threatening complications.
- The Legacy of Guillaume Duchenne
The 19th-century French doctor was considered eccentric and melancholy, but made history with his observation of a muscle-wasting disease that affected young boys.
- Hooked on Mitochondria
Dr. Salvatore DiMauro, a longtime MDA research grantee, studies how muscles make and use energy, contributing to our understanding of metabolic and mitochondrial myopathies.
- Let's Talk Bathrooms
Bathroom inaccessibility can make wheelchair users feel like punching a hole in the wall. That's only one of the solutions they've come up with.
- Research Updates
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