[The TA-Swiss study on anti-aging medicine]. / Etude TA-Swiss sur la médecine anti-âge.

A comprehensive study of "anti-aging medicine" was conducted including a literature review and survey as well as interviews of international experts, practitioners and clinics in Switzerland, Japan and the United States. The objective of the study was: 1) to provide state of the art theoretical background and empirically validated anti-aging interventions; 2) to assess their impact and risks; 3) to provide recommendations for researchers, professionals and decision-makers. Anti-aging medicine claims to be an individualized and futurist medicine, that focus on prevention, early detection and treatment of age-related pathologies, using latest medical technologies. Anti-aging medicine holds risks and opportunities, making it necessary to regulate, educate and carefully integrate anti-aging medicine's blooming global expansion.

[Health survey in the elderly using home interviews: study of various indicators]. / Enquête de santé chez les personnes âgées par interview à domicile: etude de quelques indicateurs.

Questions asked on the occasion of health survey at home usually refer to frequency of medical consultations and prescribed drugs, but often also to reported somatic symptoms and self-evaluated general health status. Interview data collected in a population of aged widows and widowers revealed a high degree of concordance between these various health indicators, justifying in particular the value assigned to the subjective appreciation of the level of general health.