Research subjects needed

Join a free supervised exercise program: If you don’t currently exercise regularly, but would like to learn how to safely increase your physical fitness, join a study to determine the effects of training on the heart. Healthy women and men between 18-33 and 65-80, who are taking no medications except birth control, estrogen replacement or synthroid, are needed. Volunteers will exercise three days a week for six months, and undergo testing procedures before and after training. Volunteers will receive $250 for completion of the study. The study is conducted by the Division of Cardiology at the UW and the Seattle VA. For more information, contact Jennifer Jacky at (206) 764-2158.A UW study in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is seeking volunteers between the ages of 60 and 85 for a study of GEREF, an experimental drug which increases the body’s natural secretion of growth hormone. Participants will spend two 72-hour stays at UW Medical Center at no cost. Participants will also self-inject GEREF or a placebo daily for five months. Subjects will be compensated. For more information, call 543-2845.

A UW study in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is seeking volunteers between the ages of 60 and 85 for a study of GEREF, an experimental drug which increases the body’s natural secretion of growth hormone. Participants will spend two 72-hour stays at UW Medical Center at no cost. Participants will also self-inject GEREF or a placebo daily for five months. Subjects will be compensated. For more information, call 543-2845. ¶