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		<title>France Drops Plan to Double Medical Fees After Political Backlash</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2025/12/french-government-drops-plan-double-medical-fees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[France Backs Down on Doubling Medical Fees After days of intense debate, the French government]]></description>
		
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		<title>Doctor, Hospital&#8230; Six out of Ten French People are Unhappy with Access to Care Close to Home</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[MEDICAL: An ICI survey with the Odoxa polling institute shows that the French suffer from]]></description>
		
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		<title>Alzheimer&#8217;s: The United States Authorizes a Long-Awaited New Treatment</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/01/alzheimers-the-united-states-authorizes-a-long-awaited-new-treatment/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2023 22:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[REVOLUTION: This drug, marketed under the name Leqembi, is recommended for patients who have not yet]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lyon: A First Double Transplant of the Arms and Shoulders Performed on a Man</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2021/01/lyon-first-double-transplant-arms-shoulders-performed-man/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 08:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A 48-year-old Icelandic man on Wednesday became the first person to have both shoulders and]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Future of Medical Tourism in France</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2020/01/future-medical-tourism-france/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Mathews]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2020 09:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Medical tourism to Europe and especially to France has become an increasingly popular alternative to]]></description>
		
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		<title>A 11% Increase in the Number of Trained Doctors</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2016/11/11-increase-number-trained-doctors/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2016 11:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marisol Touraine]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A generalized increase in the number of doctors in training was announced by Health Minister]]></description>
		
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		<title>Quimper: Google Honors the Breton Inventor of the Stethoscope</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2016/02/quimper-google-honors-the-breton-inventor-of-the-stethoscope/</link>
					<comments>https://chb44.com/2016/02/quimper-google-honors-the-breton-inventor-of-the-stethoscope/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2016 10:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Local News]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Breton doctor born in Quimper (Finistère) and inventor of the stethoscope, is being honoured this Wednesday, February]]></description>
		
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		<title>Doctors &#8211; Strike Action</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2015/09/doctors-strike-action/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2015 10:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Strike Proposed for 3rd October &#8230; DOCTORS across France are once again threatening strike action]]></description>
		
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		<title>Visit to the Hospital</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2006/03/visit-to-the-hospital/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Had to take my eldest daughter to the hospital today for the operation on her]]></description>
		
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