The dog days of summer are just around the corner. And what better way is there to kill some time and beat the heat than participating in medical experiments?
For example, psychiatric doctors at UVA are working on a drug that can curb cocaine dependency. If you’re ready to finally kick that Bolivian monkey off your back, give them a call. Bummer, though—the study offers no financial compensation (or free nose candy), just free medicine and counseling.
For those who need to shed a few pounds, but who can’t afford a gym membership, UVA can also help. Researchers will put you through a 16-week exercise regimen, complete with diet advice and a $300 compensation check, in order to study the “Impact of Exercise Training Intensity on Abdominal Visceral Fat and Risk Factors Associated with the Metabolic Syndrome.” Whew. You just lost three pounds reading that, right?
And for the ladies, here’s a keeper: UVA is looking for adolescent girls to help with a study on “nocturnal secretion of progesterone, testosterone, estradiol, LH and FSH secretion during pubertal maturation.” We don’t know what that means, but participants who opt in will receive a $75 gift certificate to the mall. Like, OMG!—John Borgmeyer
For example, psychiatric doctors at UVA are working on a drug that can curb cocaine dependency. If you’re ready to finally kick that Bolivian monkey off your back, give them a call. Bummer, though—the study offers no financial compensation (or free nose candy), just free medicine and counseling.
For those who need to shed a few pounds, but who can’t afford a gym membership, UVA can also help. Researchers will put you through a 16-week exercise regimen, complete with diet advice and a $300 compensation check, in order to study the “Impact of Exercise Training Intensity on Abdominal Visceral Fat and Risk Factors Associated with the Metabolic Syndrome.” Whew. You just lost three pounds reading that, right?
And for the ladies, here’s a keeper: UVA is looking for adolescent girls to help with a study on “nocturnal secretion of progesterone, testosterone, estradiol, LH and FSH secretion during pubertal maturation.” We don’t know what that means, but participants who opt in will receive a $75 gift certificate to the mall. Like, OMG!—John Borgmeyer
