QUEST
Volume 7, Number 6, December 2000

COVER

  • Marvelous Massage
    Michelle Lorenzini luxuriates in a soothing relaxing massage administered by Mara Concordia of Peaceful Spirit Therapeutic Massage Center in Tucson. Doctors, physical therapists and consumers agree: Massage has a lot to offer people with neuromuscular diseases.



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FEATURES


  • Keeping Your Focus: Eye Care
    Although eye problems in neuromuscular disorders aren't usually severe, they can be persistent and annoying, and sometimes interfere with daily life. Here are some solutions.

  • Ready for Action: Sarah Schwegel
    MDA's 2001 National Goodwill Ambassador is a veteran of Association activities. Meet the girl with the twinkling eyes and a sense of humor to match, and see why she's already winning new friends for MDA.

  • It's Carrot Top!
    The red-haired comedian is a superhero to kids across the country who are served by MDA.

  • Myotubular Myopathy: A Bright Future
    With help from persistent parents, new research has discovered that the future for babies with this disorder isn't nearly so grim as once was predicted.

  • Service Dog or Psycho Dog?
    Sometimes, rescuing a dog that needs a home and training it as a service animal is a success all around. Other times, the results are, well, more interesting...

  • Studying Disability
    A new academic discipline draws on many fields of study to put the experience of disability into a historical, cultural context.

  • Getting More from the World Wide Web
    People with disabilites are creating a veritable culture via the Internet.

  • Connecting the MDA Way
    MDA offers lots of ways for people to meet others living with neuromuscular diseases - in person or at a distance.

  • Simply Stated...
    Genetic Testing


 

Research Updates