I am trying to fix this but may take a few days. Apparently people are not able to sign up for the forum. I get a lot of spammers and that crashes the board a lot. I will try to fix this problem ASAP. This shouldn’t affect people who already are signed up and have a user id and password.
There are many studies out there for all types of people. Obviously, the biggest lure of doing studies is the amount of money that you get. While getting a nice chunk of change is nice, not every study requires procedures that merit a large stipend. In fact, most studies are don’t pay that much. Usually the higher paying studies require a specialized population or has extraordinary procedures that not everyone will want to subject themselves to.
First of all, are you afraid of needles? Well, if you are, maybe doing studies isn’t right for you. However, it’s certainly worth a shot and who knows, maybe it won’t be so bad after all. You can quit a study at any time for any reason. Sometimes it just doesn’t work out and people dropout for personal reason. If you don’t mind needles, then there are many studies for you. Most studies require multiple blood draws (pk) which require multiple sticks with needles. If you’ve ever have had an IV at a hospital and didn’t mind it, then an IV study would open up additional choices. Don’t mind big needles in weird places then injection studies may interest you. These may include stomach injections, skin injections and muscle injections.
If you’re not into needles and the like, there are studies out there. Unfortunately they are scattered and you just have to be lucky to run into one. It doesn’t hurt to ask the recruiters if they has minimal blood-draw studies or non blood-draw studies cause they do happen. There are other studies available like skin lotion, flu vaccines, cough medicine and etc.
The best place to look for studies, especially for clinics that don’t list their studies online or don’t even have a website is through the local newspapers, employment magazines and the weekly entertainment rag. Advertisements also may appear on buses and transit vehicles, billboards and local TV and radio. You just have to be on the look out sometimes.
My tip to people who are unsure if studies are for them is to do a short study for a few days long. If you don’t like it, you don’t have to do any more and you’ve made a few bucks. If you find that you don’t mind studies or can’t wait for the next one, then maybe you’ve found what you’ve been looking for. Either way, you’re helping medical science and without people like you willing to give up your time, medical advancements would not be possible.
Sometimes you may have a lab result that is out of range during a screening or check-in which may exclude you from a study. How do you know when it’s back in range? Clinics usually recommend seeing your doctor and bringing a copy of results that are within the range that the clinic is looking for. But many subjects don’t have healthcare insurance (not even going there) or “family doctors”. So where are those to get repeat tests done? There’s a chain of testing centers that allow walk-in lab tests. It’s called Any Lab Test Now. There are locations in many states and cities with major Phase I clinics.
Most simple tests and panels are $49 with more complex and comprehensive tests costing more. You don’t need an appointment or a doctor’s referral which makes this a convenient and cost-effective way to get your own lab tests. You will get your results for most tests within 48 hours. While these centers do allow anyone to get any test done, they do not provide medical advice or consultations. So if you do have any questions or concerns about your lab results, then it may be best to see a doctor. But for many lab rats that are proactive with their personal health, Any Lab Test Now can be an invaluable tool.
Please email me again! I strive to respond to every email but I get a lot of it and from several sources so sometimes an email or two will get lost.
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Sorry, I’ve kinda fell behind on the updates on this site lately. Been working on some other projects. Anyhoo, I will try to do my bi-annual update soon.
For those of you who use your cell phones to access the internet, you may know that many sites do not load properly on the smaller screens. I just discovered OperaMini which is available for many phones including Blackberries, Palms and smart phones. You can view a full list of supported devices at the bottom of this post as well as a link to the site.
What makes OperaMini different from built in browsers is that rather than accessing the site directly and then downloading the entire page and then formatting it to the device, OperaMini sends the page to one of its servers where it knows what phone you have and optimzes the page, then downloads a smaller version to your phone which is much faster and can load many more pages than standard browsers.
Using my Blackberry Tour (non-camera edition of course!), I am able to access PPD’s site which I previously was unable to. The current version 4 works great but the 5 beta has a few bugs in it but brings ‘tabbed’ browsing as well as a thumbnail start screen you can place you favorite sites.
It’s not a cure all, but it has definately opened up new avenues for my surfing.
If you haven’t tried it yet, give it a shot!
There is a reporter doing a story about clinical research and he would like to interview someone from the New York City area who does studies for a living. If you are interested, give him an email at jfanelli@nypost.com
http://www.cri-research.net/particip/volunteer.html
Visit the link above for more information
Well, I still don’t know why it keeps crashing, but it’s up for now. I suspect that it’s because alot of spammers try to access the board. Well, it’s up for now.
I forgot how to fix it so I will not have a chance to work on it til the weekend. If anyone knows anything about the phpbb, please email me!
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