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To define professional practices for urologists and radiotherapists regarding the use of hormonal therapy in prostate cancer.

To assess the relevance of systematically tracking dementia cases in EHPADs (institutions for dependent elderly people) within multidisciplinary team meetings.

Intravenous injection is the major mode of transmission of HCV among drug users, not only by needle sharing but also by the preparation equipment (container, filter, buffer, water), potentially contaminated by the blood of a contaminated person.
According to various sources, in recent years there have been significant changes in the patterns and practices of drug use in France, under the combined effect of the massive distribution of opiate substitution treatments (high-dose buprenorphine or BHD) from 1995 and the introduction of a wide variety of stimulants, including cocaine and synthetic drugs.
Often unplanned and practiced by a third party "initiator", the first injections present a high risk of contamination for the young initiate, often not well acquainted with injection techniques and the infectious risks and not in contact with first-line medical support structures.
In this context, a survey was put in place to identify the circumstances and practices of the first injection(s) among young drug users in France. An online methodology using the Internet has been developed to provide access and thus to discover user profiles that escape the more "classic" observation systems, especially those that are socially integrated or that are not in contact with support structures.

General objective: to investigate various causes or mortality, especially cardiovascular events.
Secondary objective: to investigate coronary morbidity over a period of 5 years.