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Students can connect with Home Access Health Corporation, the telemedicine leader in providing fast and convenient at-home medical testing and consultation, through a local CampusLink information center. CampusLink information centers are found in central campus locations and feature highly visible display ads along with built-in telephones with direct toll-free access to a specific business or service.
Students can find the Home Access Health display ads on the following campuses: University of California Los Angeles; University of Southern California, San Francisco State University; University of California Irvine; California State University Fullerton; California State University Long Beach; California State University Northridge; California State University Los Angeles; California State University San Bernardino; San Jose State University; University of California Berkeley and the University of California Santa Barbara.
"This makes is fast and easy for students to purchase a test on their own time," said Sheryl Kravitz, director of marketing for Home Access Health. "Students can look for the CampusLink display with the headline that reads `Your time. Your place'"
Students can either use the CampusLink connection on their local campus or can call 1-800-HIV-TEST to order. Home Access Health counselors are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to provide students the knowledge and assistance they need to take control of their personal health and well-being.
Cleared by the FDA in July, 1996, Home Access HIV tests are greater than 99.9% accurate and are reliable as tests used by doctors and hospitals as published in the American Medical Association's Archives of Internal Medicine, Vol. 157, (2/10/97).
Home Access HIV tests are also available by mail by calling 1 800 HIV-TEST and are carried in more than 21,000 drugstores and drug wholesale distributors throughout the US including: AmeriSource, Bindley Western, Bergen Brunswig, Brooks, Cardinal Health, CVS Corporation, Duane Reade, Eckerd Drug, Farmacias El Amal, Genovese, Giant Eagle, Kroger, McKesson Drug Company, Osco, Phar-Mor, Revco, Rite Aid, Sav-On, Thrifty PayLess, Walgreens, Wal-Mart. More information about Home Access Health can be found at the website www.homeaccess.com.
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