I find it interesting when reading through our weekly San Diego Reader that certain things seem to have picked up in this economy. Obviously the home rental market has picked up due to all the people who have lost their homes to foreclosure and had to move. I suspect they didn't just buy another home.

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Check out some of these other advertisements that are either new or have a lot more competition now. Several of these could definitely be related to the economic situation of the country or their families.

1. bipolar disorder research
2. schizophrenia research
3. overweight with type II diabetes research
4. type I diabetes research
5. obsessive-compulsive disorder research
6. high blood pressure research
7. adolescent depression research
8. anemia research
9. depression research
10. high cholesterol research
11. irritable bowel syndrome research
12. prostate research (men only)
13. shoulder pain research
14. alzheimer's research
15. sleeplessness research
16. anxiety research
17. migraines resarch
18. toenail fungus research
19. atopic dermatitus research
20. heavy drinker research
21. relationship avoidance research

In almost every research study there is, of course, free medical exams and evaluation, and many of them also offer compensation. The highest compensation I've seen is $4,645, with many of them being in the $1,500 to $2,000 range.

Imagine if one had a family of, say, five, all of whom had various disorders. That could be a windfall of many thousands of dollars, not to mention all those free medical exams. Check your local publications for easy ways to get a health checkup and possibly a few thousand dollars.

My favorite one, though, and it's a new one, is this one:

Unfortunately for me, they told me no when I sent them a picture of my car:

So I'm off to check on some of the other research studies. Maybe I'll qualify for a couple of them. I'll let you know if I'm successful. A couple thousand dollars could pay to have my car detailed and put a really nice CD player in it so I can listen to some music while I'm driving.

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