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    <updated>2009-06-23T01:39:37Z</updated>
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    <title>Another Slap in the Face from Prez Fierce Advocate!</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/dave//29.2078</id>

    <published>2009-06-23T01:20:50Z</published>
    <updated>2009-06-23T01:39:37Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA["I'm pleased to report that over the weekend we reached an understanding that will help close the notorious 'doughnut hole' in Medicare Part D.&nbsp; This is a significant breakthrough on the road to health care reform -- one that will...]]></summary>
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        <name>Dave</name>
        <uri>http://www.davidcapogna.com/</uri>
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        <![CDATA["I'm pleased to report that over the weekend we reached an understanding that will help close the notorious 'doughnut hole' in Medicare Part D.&nbsp; This is a significant breakthrough on the road to health care reform -- one that will...]]>
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<entry>
    <title>OUTRAGE The Movie : Dave&apos;s Review</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.poz.com/dave/archives/2009/06/outrage_the_movie_da.html" />
    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/dave//29.2043</id>

    <published>2009-06-03T03:46:21Z</published>
    <updated>2009-06-03T05:22:53Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Ethically Unsuitable to Serve Our Country No, I'm not talking about Judge Sonia Sotomayor; don't EVEN get me started on that subject!&nbsp; Last week I happen to get a last-minute ticket to OUTRAGE, a documentary by Kirby Dick.&nbsp; OUTRAGE opened...]]></summary>
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        <name>Dave</name>
        <uri>http://www.davidcapogna.com/</uri>
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        <![CDATA[Ethically Unsuitable to Serve Our Country No, I'm not talking about Judge Sonia Sotomayor; don't EVEN get me started on that subject!&nbsp; Last week I happen to get a last-minute ticket to OUTRAGE, a documentary by Kirby Dick.&nbsp; OUTRAGE opened...]]>
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<entry>
    <title>Bone Loss &amp; &apos;ROID RAGE!!!</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/dave//29.2022</id>

    <published>2009-05-21T00:52:15Z</published>
    <updated>2009-05-21T01:47:38Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Temperatures were rising we had three days of the 90° heat at the end of April, and so was my blood pressure and my temper! (I know what you're thinking, is this Sybil's 14th&nbsp;personality?!)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The symptoms and side effects are...]]></summary>
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        <name>Dave</name>
        <uri>http://www.davidcapogna.com/</uri>
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        <![CDATA[Temperatures were rising we had three days of the 90° heat at the end of April, and so was my blood pressure and my temper! (I know what you're thinking, is this Sybil's 14th&nbsp;personality?!)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The symptoms and side effects are...]]>
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<entry>
    <title>Hope...less</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.poz.com/dave/archives/2009/05/hopeless.html" />
    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/dave//29.1923</id>

    <published>2009-05-01T23:48:48Z</published>
    <updated>2009-05-03T01:30:31Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Sometimes I think the only reason I exist is to give my mother something to worry about.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; There's not going to be any positive spin on this blog, no patina of optimism, or light on the end of the tunnel....]]></summary>
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        <name>Dave</name>
        <uri>http://www.davidcapogna.com/</uri>
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        <![CDATA[Sometimes I think the only reason I exist is to give my mother something to worry about.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; There's not going to be any positive spin on this blog, no patina of optimism, or light on the end of the tunnel....]]>
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<entry>
    <title>ABC&apos;s of Medicare Part F </title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.poz.com/dave/archives/2009/04/abcs_of_medicare_par.html" />
    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/dave//29.1908</id>

    <published>2009-04-23T01:21:45Z</published>
    <updated>2009-04-23T02:48:46Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[....or All My Ologists! &nbsp; I will NOT mention the fact that I spent a huge sack full of cash ($4375 to be exact) during January and February for drugs through Medicare Part D, which basically made me feel like...]]></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Dave</name>
        <uri>http://www.davidcapogna.com/</uri>
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        <![CDATA[....or All My Ologists! &nbsp; I will NOT mention the fact that I spent a huge sack full of cash ($4375 to be exact) during January and February for drugs through Medicare Part D, which basically made me feel like...]]>
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<entry>
    <title>CATACLYSMICALLY Bad Science</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/dave//29.1885</id>

    <published>2009-04-12T04:53:16Z</published>
    <updated>2009-04-12T05:56:56Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[ &nbsp; Crumbling of the AIDS-dissidents! This unpublished chapter of Bad Science by Ben Goldacre finally shed light on Matthias Rath's reign of terror on the AIDS epidemic in South Africa.&nbsp; Rath, Thabo Mbeki, the President of South Africa at...]]></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Dave</name>
        <uri>http://www.davidcapogna.com/</uri>
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        <![CDATA[ &nbsp; Crumbling of the AIDS-dissidents! This unpublished chapter of Bad Science by Ben Goldacre finally shed light on Matthias Rath's reign of terror on the AIDS epidemic in South Africa.&nbsp; Rath, Thabo Mbeki, the President of South Africa at...]]>
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<entry>
    <title>Spring Hibernating...?</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/dave//29.1800</id>

    <published>2009-04-06T02:11:17Z</published>
    <updated>2009-04-17T01:19:13Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[ I'm not sure what bears do in the woods, because I'm not a bear in&nbsp;ANY sense of the word!&nbsp; &nbsp; Preferredly, I find myself closer to a night owl, and don't mess with me around 3pm because I'm in...]]></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Dave</name>
        <uri>http://www.davidcapogna.com/</uri>
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        <![CDATA[ I'm not sure what bears do in the woods, because I'm not a bear in&nbsp;ANY sense of the word!&nbsp; &nbsp; Preferredly, I find myself closer to a night owl, and don't mess with me around 3pm because I'm in...]]>
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<entry>
    <title>HIVOGUE</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.poz.com/dave/archives/2009/03/hivogue.html" />
    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/dave//29.1783</id>

    <published>2009-03-23T23:27:01Z</published>
    <updated>2009-03-25T14:20:28Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[ This is a Big Shout-Out to all my supporters and enquirers regarding my PMMA treatment in December of last year...the emails are STILL coming in as we speak!&nbsp; I was literally overwhelmed with facebook subscribers asking me to "friend"...]]></summary>
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        <name>Dave</name>
        <uri>http://www.davidcapogna.com/</uri>
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        <![CDATA[ This is a Big Shout-Out to all my supporters and enquirers regarding my PMMA treatment in December of last year...the emails are STILL coming in as we speak!&nbsp; I was literally overwhelmed with facebook subscribers asking me to "friend"...]]>
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<entry>
    <title>GESUNDHEIT!!!</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.poz.com/dave/archives/2009/03/gesundheit.html" />
    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/dave//29.1758</id>

    <published>2009-03-11T23:23:54Z</published>
    <updated>2009-03-13T16:51:05Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[ &nbsp;"Americans spend $2.5 trillion a year on health care, or about $8,160 per person, more than twice as much as many countries in Europe." ~ Tara Parker-Pope (NYTimes/Well) This week on the spur of the moment, I decided to...]]></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Dave</name>
        <uri>http://www.davidcapogna.com/</uri>
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        <![CDATA[ &nbsp;"Americans spend $2.5 trillion a year on health care, or about $8,160 per person, more than twice as much as many countries in Europe." ~ Tara Parker-Pope (NYTimes/Well) This week on the spur of the moment, I decided to...]]>
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<entry>
    <title>Fahrenheit 451 </title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/dave//29.1729</id>

    <published>2009-03-02T00:33:15Z</published>
    <updated>2009-03-02T03:41:10Z</updated>

    <summary> “A book is a gift you can open again and again.” - Garrison Keillor While working on my “25 Things About Dave” on facebook, which I took very seriously, probably too seriously. And although I&apos;m a blogger, writing doesn&apos;t...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Dave</name>
        <uri>http://www.davidcapogna.com/</uri>
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         “A book is a gift you can open again and again.” - Garrison Keillor While working on my “25 Things About Dave” on facebook, which I took very seriously, probably too seriously. And although I&apos;m a blogger, writing doesn&apos;t...
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<entry>
    <title>Condón Libre</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.poz.com/dave/archives/2009/02/condon_libre_1.html" />
    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/dave//29.1705</id>

    <published>2009-02-15T22:32:55Z</published>
    <updated>2009-04-17T00:54:50Z</updated>

    <summary>CVS grossed $76 billion last year; you would think they should be giving out free condoms instead of locking them away! WTF was CVS thinking when they lock up the condoms in Latino and black communities? They claim that the...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Dave</name>
        <uri>http://www.davidcapogna.com/</uri>
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        CVS grossed $76 billion last year; you would think they should be giving out free condoms instead of locking them away! WTF was CVS thinking when they lock up the condoms in Latino and black communities? They claim that the...
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<entry>
    <title>Do you think I look hot?...well, tell Medicare!</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.poz.com/dave/archives/2009/02/do_you_think_i_1.html" />
    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/dave//29.1684</id>

    <published>2009-02-05T03:03:53Z</published>
    <updated>2009-02-05T06:01:33Z</updated>

    <summary>Medicare and Medicaid as trying to verify if lipoatrophy (aka AIDS wasting) treatments should be covered under their plan, just like breast replacement after chemotherapy for cancer. If you yourself have suffered from low self-esteem, lost a significant over from...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Dave</name>
        <uri>http://www.davidcapogna.com/</uri>
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        Medicare and Medicaid as trying to verify if lipoatrophy (aka AIDS wasting) treatments should be covered under their plan, just like breast replacement after chemotherapy for cancer. If you yourself have suffered from low self-esteem, lost a significant over from...
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<entry>
    <title>Scott Serota Gives Me The Blues</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.poz.com/dave/archives/2009/01/scott_serota_gi_1.html" />
    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/dave//29.1662</id>

    <published>2009-01-28T04:51:39Z</published>
    <updated>2009-04-17T01:24:11Z</updated>

    <summary>I&apos;ve been carrying the October 28th New York Times Saturday Business Day section for months, to remind me to blog about a certain CEO interview. It wasn&apos;t about John Thain, former White Knight of Wall Street; he was still basking...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Dave</name>
        <uri>http://www.davidcapogna.com/</uri>
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        I&apos;ve been carrying the October 28th New York Times Saturday Business Day section for months, to remind me to blog about a certain CEO interview. It wasn&apos;t about John Thain, former White Knight of Wall Street; he was still basking...
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<entry>
    <title>GOD LOVES ALL…even the Bishop of Sodom!</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/dave//29.1658</id>

    <published>2009-01-26T01:24:30Z</published>
    <updated>2009-01-26T18:10:25Z</updated>

    <summary> I know what you’re thinking, why is Dave blogging about Bishop Gene Robinson. It’s not very POZ worthy, and after being brought up Roman Catholic, I now consider myself an atheist. But gay is who I am, it’s literally...</summary>
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        <name>Dave</name>
        <uri>http://www.davidcapogna.com/</uri>
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         I know what you’re thinking, why is Dave blogging about Bishop Gene Robinson. It’s not very POZ worthy, and after being brought up Roman Catholic, I now consider myself an atheist. But gay is who I am, it’s literally...
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<entry>
    <title>Adieu Mepron...</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.poz.com/dave/archives/2009/01/adieu_mepron.html" />
    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/dave//29.1637</id>

    <published>2009-01-16T20:03:40Z</published>
    <updated>2009-01-16T20:44:05Z</updated>

    <summary>“...parting is such sweet sorrow.” While “researching” my last blog, I pulled up an article about Mepron. According to the data, Mepron could be stopped if the CD4 was above 200...really? I was secretly excited, since this was my most...</summary>
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        <name>Dave</name>
        <uri>http://www.davidcapogna.com/</uri>
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        “...parting is such sweet sorrow.” While “researching” my last blog, I pulled up an article about Mepron. According to the data, Mepron could be stopped if the CD4 was above 200...really? I was secretly excited, since this was my most...
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