Participants needed for PawPaw study!

[austin]

Dr. Cooles and Dr. Boaz are conducting a study on how pawpaw tea (papaya tea) affects blood pressure.

If you are 20-35 years old, have normal blood pressure, with no significant medical condition, and are not currently on medication (oral contraceptives and asthma medication are OK), please sign up to participate as a subject for the study tomorrow at 12-1pm at the second floor of the ICM building.

100 students will be divided into two groups, A and B. One group will be given pawpaw tea and another group will be given a placebo for two weeks. Each subject will need to report to the second floor of the ICM building at lunch hour everyday (weekends included) to drink the tea/placebo and have their blood pressure taken. The third week will be a washout period, then the trial will resume on the fourth week with the two groups switching drinks.

Participation will be appreciated!

Thank you.

[austin]

Please, folks, come and participate! We need more people!

[archon218]

No money No research!

[oc23]

you get free tea! :D

i actually signed up. figured it wouldn't hurt. it might even get me started on a healthy habit. :roll:

[Junito]

I have been trying to sign up for the study since Monday. I went to each administration building and the secretaries had no clue what so ever! They kept sending me to the wrong place. I am sure a few students got the same treatment. Maybe the secretaries should have had been better informed. After a while I got tired of looking for the place. Oh, I did go to Dr. Boaz's office, not there, and the secretary knew nothing about the study. I even left a note in Dr. Boaz's box. I don't blame potential volunteers from becoming discouraged after experiencing what I went through.

Juni

[oc23]

if you read austin's post, he said it was on the second floor of the icm building. there is only one building on campus that has a second floor.

but anyway, in case some of you didn't read your email, dr. boaz sent out a notice of change of venue. the blood pressure readings will now be done at the northeast corner of the anatomy building near the shacks. i guess they still need participants, so you can still go and sign up.

[oc23]

oops! mistake.....please disregard.

[Junito]

I went to the second floor offices, and everyone I spoke to looked at me as if I was speaking Spanish. I finally was able to locate Dr. Boaz, and was told of the new location. Now the only problem, are they only taking measurements during lunch? The line was pretty long and people were skipping. I rather spend time doing something else.

Juni

[oc23]

I went to the second floor offices, and everyone I spoke to looked at me as if I was speaking Spanish. I finally was able to locate Dr. Boaz, and was told of the new location. Now the only problem, are they only taking measurements during lunch? The line was pretty long and people were skipping. I rather spend time doing something else.

Juni

yes, they are taking measurements only during 12-1pm. the line should move faster from now on. i guess there was just a little misunderstanding because they were taking weight measurements too when they shouldn't. but they stopped that today, and without it the line moves so much faster.

[Dru]

Is the Paw Paw antihypertensive study going to count as Ross University's research or is the study only being done by one individual. If RUSM is doing it, in light of the Texas demand for research by foreign medical school grads to become licensed, I hope all Ross students consider the importance of participation. The other benefit, of course, would be to promote an antihypertensive treatment which would be less costly and hopefully have less side effects. I'd much rather "have a spot of tea" than need to take a pill.

[bevo]

I dont believe this research has anything to do with Texas and its requirements.

Ross already presented its case to Texas, but Texas refuses to move on the issue. A few board members aren't budging on the issue. As we were told, its a problem for SGU, Ross and UAG (I believe).

Someone said they'd be starting a texas club soon to get everyone from texas to start writing their congressmen/women about the issue to get things going.

Some people are ignorant and it seems ignorance is prevailing at the moment.

[MitchDC]

Ross and SGU are throwing a lot of time and money at this issue. Ross has a lot of practicing graduates in and current students from Texas and they should be mobilized to start a grass-roots campaign to have this changed immediatley.

MitchDC

[Michael10101]

Sign me up for the campaign. Texas is my home, and the only place I want to be, so I'll do anything to get back there as soon as I can.

Hey, maybe it'd be a good issue to bring up w/ the pending elections?

[spatel0434]

Me too....Where do I sign up?


Sign me up for the campaign. Texas is my home, and the only place I want to be, so I'll do anything to get back there as soon as I can.