QUEST
Volume 12, Number 3,
May/June 2005

COVER

• Self-Image
  Readers express how their disabilities affect the way they see themselves. "Self-Portrait with Jeff" by Laurah Robles, 39, of Milwaukee, who has dermatomyositis, is from the MDA Art Collection.

   

FEATURES

• Sing Out!
  And toot your own horn! Making music makes you feel good, and it can do wonders for your respiratory system.
  
  
• Emery-Dreifuss MD
  Take heart: The treatment outlook is excellent.
  
  
• Medicaid Work Incentives
  
  
• With a Little Help
  MDA's teen support groups offer friendship, support and mentoring.
  
  
• Power Soccer
  Meet the Thunder and feel the power.
  
  

• Children and Chores
  Yes, they can!
  
  
• MDA Matters
  
  
• Connections
  Meet Juan Castillo
  
  
• Quest Extra
  
  • Adventures in Hawaii
  • What Friends Are For
  • Self-Image and Disability: WHO DO I THINK I AM?
  
  
• Rolling with Laughter
  
  
• As the Wheel Turns -
  Three-Wheel Bikes and
  Hand Bikes
  

• From Where I Sit -
  That's What Friends Are For
  
  

• Mayo Researchers ID New Form of MD
• Gene Therapy Aids Mice With Pompe's Disease
• Another Gene Linked to Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
• New Approach to MG Targets Molecular Holder
• Cardiac Stem Cells Come Closer to Clinic
• Researchers Block Flawed Genetic Message in
  Myotonic MD Cells
• Clinical Trials and Studies
  • Early Drug Treatment May Prolong Heart Function in Duchenne MD
  • Myostatin Blocker to Be Tested in 3 Forms of MD
  • SomatoKine Trial in Myotonic MD Under Way
  • Genzyme Forges Ahead With Enzyme for Pompe's
  • Women With CMT Risk Childbirth Complications
  • Topiramate Treats Obesity in Two With Duchenne MD
  • Exercise Shown Safe, Beneficial in FSH MD