Dr. Sharon Mitchell on NPR

SxCHECK.COM REVOLUTIONIZES STD TESTING FOR THE PUBLIC



Early Detection STD Testing with Results Available Online

Including by Secure Email and Now Via Text Message to Mobile Phones



Co-Founded by Health Care Pioneer Dr. Sharon Mitchell of AIM

And Partner Doug Wightman


Los Angeles, CA--SxCheck.com, the world leader in confidential STD (sexually transmitted diseases) testing, is celebrating its first year anniversary by announcing its expansion into text messaging. SxCheck.com's confidential HIV and STD testing service offers the most accurate and earliest detection available in HIV and STD testing methods, along with follow up medical treatment and counseling services.

In a technological first, SxCheck provides secure online access to medical STD test results, and the ability to securely access results by email, and now by text message on mobile phones. These breakthroughs reduce the barriers to sharing test results with current and prospective partners. Individuals who are concerned that they may have been infected, Online Daters, new couples, and people considering having sex without condoms, are among those for which SxCheck is already in high demand.

Many people are not aware that STD testing is not included as part of their yearly medical exam. Approximately one in every three hundred Americans has HIV/AIDS, and 25% don't know it. Approximately one out of five Americans is infected with genital herpes. By reducing the barriers to accessing the highest quality of STD testing, SxCheck encourages individuals to take responsibility for health, and demand the same from potential partners.

SxCheck offers the HIV PCR-DNA test, which can detect the HIV virus just ten days after exposure, as opposed to the three to six month window period of the less expensive "Elisa" test, which is also offered by SxCheck, and is the only choice offered by most doctors' offices. SxCheck clients select their tests and place their orders online, then visit a local, confidential clinic. All facilities and health care providers are licensed to practice medicine in the U.S., and are ASCP, FDA, and CLIA certified.

If a test result is positive, the client is put in contact with one of SxCheck's experienced, licensed counselors, who can offer the ability to treat the condition with medication by either calling in a prescription for the patient immediately (and in necessary cases his/her partner) or referring the patient to additional resources.