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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 Vol. 15, No.5  September to October 2008

Game to Get Away

Online games provide an alternate world in which to play, say gamers with neuromuscular diseases. Here’s a primer of terminology, gaming options, social tips and info on how playing may affect muscles. In addition, Kid Quest, page 69, provides Internet gaming safety tips for kids.
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QUEST
Volume 10, Number 3, May/June 2003

COVER

  • To Stand Together or Fall Apart
    Jan and Wayne Johnson of Churchton, Md., got married before they knew Jan had myasthenia gravis. Since her diagnosis, they've found ways to weather the storms. Quest looks at how neuromuscular disease has affected five marriages.

    Photo by Stuart Zolotorow

 
 

FEATURES

  • Rounding Up the Usual Suspects
    Finding the correct diagnosis requires techniques very similar to those used by criminal detectives — from horse sense to high tech.


  • The Pros and Cons of Genetic Testing
    A growing number of tests can deliver answers about your family's medical risks, but they also raise questions you may never have expected to face.

  • Managing Myasthenia
    Myasthenia gravis, whose name means "grave muscular weakness," was once a frequently fatal disease. Today, a selection of treatments means life — and sometimes remission — for many with MG.
 

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