To supplement my income over the years and keep the wolves at bay, I have occasionally been a subject in one medical study or another. It’s not something I am particularly proud of, but at the same time-except for my bad knee-I am fairly well-preserved. So I might have a moral obligation to aid medical science to better understand how one can improve one’s basic health. Let me rephrase this situation: Yes I am proud to help out pharmaceutical companies-I just wish I didn’t need the extra income so much! Therefore I will add that this is one of the better study places to go. They treat you humanely here and are very professional. There are good, qualified and competent doctors on staff. The study coordinator’s seem to be intelligent and don’t jack you around about cutting you a check. I have been at some absolutely awful offices where they keep you waiting or make you come back to pick up your medication because THEY didn’t have it ready. Encompass Research FEELS like a regular medical office so you don’t have the«stigma» mentality like you would at some of the more assembly line medical study places. Also-the best part is if they say you have to fast for a blood test, right after wards-Encompass is right there offering you water, coffee, or a healthy snack! That’s right on-since I don’t do too good off coffee for long in the morning! There is usually a variety of studies available to try and qualify for. You don’t even have to be in «perfect health,» sometimes a little bit off somewhere is acceptable. I like to feel-when I am not officially employed-that I am managing to do something«intrinsic» with my time and talents, so being a medical study guinea pig is right up my alley. Call that phone number during office hours and see if you might be the next one to get poked by a big needle? For Science Of Course!