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Heart attack

Stranger helps save baby thanks to urgent first-aid app in France

The man showed up in pyjamas and flip-flops to the house, where a baby was having a heart attack

French customs officer stamps Briton’s passport, then saves his life

The officer performed CPR when the man collapsed with breathing problems on his way to a family wedding

French medics take heart machine out of hospitals and onto the streets

Attaching cardiac arrest victims to heart surgery kit at the scene improves chances of survival – but it is not easy to do

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French firm pioneers stem cell treatment for heart attack victims

The treatment is aimed at people on transplant waiting lists and helps the heart repair all by itself

Defibrillator alarm system wins top invention prize in France

An ingenious firefighter has invented a way to get the life-saving kit to cardiac-arrest victims more quickly

Two mobile apps could help save heart attack victims in France

Both help members of the public give vital first aid in the first few moments while waiting for an ambulance

French medicines authority warns against some common cold medications

Some of these medicines are vasoconstrictors, and can in rare instances cause strokes, heart attacks and psychiatric issues

New home kit could cut heart attack death rates in France

The machines by Paris-based company Lifeaz are designed to make things 'as easy as possible' when confronting a heart attack at home and will cost €990

First transplant in America using French-invented artificial heart

Clinical trial of medical device known as Aeson, made by French company Carmat, is currently underway in the US with first transplant complete and more in the pipeline

Twitter helps American in Paris find woman who saved husband's life

A passing stranger gave first aid to a jogger suffering cardiac arrest in a park but left before anyone could thank her

My operation in France: Pacemaker

The inside story of readers who have had operations in France – and how they found the health service, by Gillian Harvey

Chinese lab errors could cause cancer in Europeans

Errors made by a Chinese laboratory when making a medication that is sold in Europe could have cancer-causing consequences, a European medicine agency has warned.

My operation in France - Triple heart bypass

The inside story of readers who have had operations in France... We will be covering six different operations in coming months. Series by Gillian Harvey

Heart attack

Stranger helps save baby thanks to urgent first-aid app in France

French customs officer stamps Briton’s passport, then saves his life

French medics take heart machine out of hospitals and onto the streets

French firm pioneers stem cell treatment for heart attack victims

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