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"   Yup. That&amp;#039;s right. Within 20 to 40 minutes, you can now find out if you&amp;#039;re HIV free in the comfort of your home. So if you or your guy are too shy to go to the doc, this could be a big help. OraQuick In-Home HIV Test is the first FDA approved rapid over-the-counter HIV kit. Right now, the product is available online and in stores. It retails for about 40 bucks. How it works: Use the provided test stick to swab the top and lower part of your gums, place it in a test tube filled with solution, and wait for your results. The kit comes with one test and a seven step packet that walks you through the entire process. To see if the test was as easy as it claims, we had one Cosmo staffer try it out. She thought the kit was pretty simple and straightforward, but she noted that it was important to follow the steps provided exactly. Oh, and she was also pleased with her negative results. It&amp;#039;s estimated that 1.2 million HIV carriers in the U.S. do not know that they&amp;#039;re infected. We hope that a product like this will encourage people to get tested more often so they know their status, putting their sexual partner out of harms way. Needless to say, the kit only tests for HIV. So unfortch, you&amp;#039;re going to have to go to the doctor if you suspect you might have any other type of STD. What do you think of this product? Would you use it? Want more from Dara? Follow her on Twitter @dadeeyo. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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