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Biological clues wanted
Sexual deviants studied
United Press International
BALTIMORE — In an effort
to find ways to short-circuit de
viant behavior, sex researchers
are launching a study searching
for biological clues to the causes
of strong, abnormal sexual com
pulsions in men.
Dr. Fred S. Berlin, co-
director of the Biosexual
Psychohormonal Clinic at the
Johns Hopkins Medical Institu
tions, said evidence suggests
there may be physiological
reasons for the actions of sex
offenders.
“It appears there may be a
connection between certain
biological pathologies and de
velopment of unconventional
sexual interests,” Berlin said at a
recent neurosciences seminar.
By abnormal behavior, the
researchers mean such things as
a sexual interest in children, ex
hibitionism and forced sex acts.
Berlin and Dr. John Money
plan to take a detailed look at sex
hormone levels and brain meta
bolism, structures and electrical
activity of sex off enders in treat
ment at the clinic.
“We have found a surprising
number of abnormalities in sex
offenders along with one or
more of these biological para
meters, and this raises a lot of
questions about the nature of
unconventional sexual compul
sions,” Berlin said.
Berlin, who is a psychiatrist,
said there may be specific areas
of the brain involved in sexual
arousal, and these areas may dif
fer for sex offenders.
One key examination plan
ned for the study will be a brain
scan. Radioactive glucose will be
injected in the test subject, and
since glucose is the major energy
source of the brain, more will go
to the most active parts of the
brain. The scanner will be able
to detect tfiose glucose concen
trations.
“It will provide the opportun
ity to study the brains of people
with conventional and uncon
ventional sexual preferences, in
states of arousal and nonarous
al,” Berlin said.
“We will be able to observe
brain metabolism under con
trolled conditions, to see what
differences exist, both between
the sexes, and between men with
conventional and unconven
tional sexual preferences.”
Berlin said the plan is to study
about 25 men with unconven
tional sexual interests a year for
five years, comparing them to
men with normal sex prefer
ences.
He said linking biological dif
ferences to unconventional be
havior could lead the way to a
new theory of sexual desire,
drive and behavior. This, he
said, could do much to improve
the treatment of sex offenders.
“Men with abnormal sexual
compulsions have a problem
which they cannot control by
themselves,” Berlin said. “They
have preoccupations and abnor
mal impulses which lead them to
“We need to know more ab
out other, possible biological
substrates of sexual disorders,
for it could do much to change
society’s punitive response to sex
offenders,” he said. “And, most
importantly, such knowledge
could lead to effective preven
tion and treatment for these in
dividuals.”
Training is rig safety key
United Press International
THE GULF OF MEXICO —
The hazards of working on an
offshore oil rig are countless.
The workers face the threat of
serious injury or death daily.
< But officials say they can keep
the number of accidents to a
minimum by training employees
to be fully aware of the risks.
“We live and breathe safety
24 hours a day out here,” Har
rell Campbell, drilling foreman
with Sun Gas and Exploration
Co., said. “We’ve got to be safety
conscious because we are so far
off shore. You can’t be too safe
— or else someone could get
hurt.”
Safety experts agree the ma
jority of serious accidents on
offshore rigs can be traced to
new employees.
Safety engineer Robert
“Buck” Lewis with Ocean Drill
ing and Exploration Co., said he
gives an orientation speech
when workers arrive on the rig.
“Most injuries occur with peo
ple who are here less than six
months. Ninety-nine percent of
the time it is sheer ignorance,”
Lewis said.
Steel-toed boots and hard
hats are two mandatory items
for all offshore workers. Safety
glasses and gloves are required
for certain jobs.
But Lewis said, “common
sense” is probably the most im
portant commodity each indi
vidual must possess.
Accidents do happen. Hands
get caught in the cables, workers
fall overboard, toxic chemicals
burn employees and cuts and
bruises occur when men work
with machinery.
The Labor Department re
ports the number of injuries on
oil t igs in federal waters exceeds
9,000 cases annually.
In 1979, the department re
ported 9,584 injuries. That
number jumped to 10,162 cases
in 1980, but fell the next year to
9,597.
So far this year, 9,074 injuries
have been reported to the Work
men’s Compensation office in
Washington.
A spokesman said the federal
overnment keeps statistics only
or rigs in federal waters, under
the Outer Continental Shelf
Land Act.
Although decreasing annual
ly, fatalities are still prevalent.
In both 1979 and 1980, 36
deaths were reported. In 1981,
the death count dropped to 19
and this year 16 fatalities were
reported.
The most hazardous job
offshore is drilling, which re
quires hand and eye coordina
tion and drilling team coopera
tion.
The five-person team should
work together like a fine-tuned
piece of equipment, one driller
said.
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Author says human
should live to 100
act in socially unacceptable w ays,
even when it is against their ow n
moral code.”
He said one important adv
ance in helping sex offenders
was the development of a drug
that lowers levels of testoster
one, the male hormone.
“With the decrease in this
hormone, the intensity of pa
tients’ sex drive diminishes
enough for them tocontrol their
compulsion.”
Researchets already know
that a chromosomal abnormality
can cause confusion about sex
ual identity and affect sexual be
havior, Bei lin said.
United Press International
SAN FRANCISCO — Statis
tics which show that Americans
now live much longer lives than
their forefathers are misleading,
said author R. William Whitmer.
Basically, Whitmer said, not
much has changed as far as
health is concerned since the
ancient Romans recommended
“vita sobria” — the life of mod
eration.
The adult life span has
changed little since 19()0, if the
higher infant mortality rates of
yesteryear and previous deaths
from epidemic diseases now
under control are tossed out. He
noted that in 1900,22 percent of
deaths had cardiovascular
causes, while now more than
half do.
“In fact, people in those days
in many ways lived healthier
lives than people do now,” he
said. “They worked harder, so
they got enough exercise, and
their diet was more natural,
especially w-here fiber foods are
concerned. T hey didn’t have to
contend with junk food.
“They usually got enough ex
ercise because they worked har
der. In addition, they probably
had as much stress as we do to
day, but it was more manage
able. Nowadays, stress is more
often caused by factors beyond
our control.”
But Whitmer thinks people
are built to live to 100 years of
age. “When artificial organs are
developed, the life span will
probably go to 200,” he added.
So why don’t we live to be
100?
“Most deaths are self-
induced,” he said bluntly.
Whitmer said the “negative
life-styles" of smoking, lack of
exercise, poor nutrition, obesity,
stress and drinking are the main
causes of early death.
His book, “Whitmer’s Guide
to Total Wellness" is aimed at
helping the reader conquer
those problems by breaking
them down into basic compe-
nents and teaching the subcon
scious to send new signals to the
body.
He insists that the only reason
for smoking is an addiction to
nicotine. Once this and the
effects that smoking have on the
body are understood, the smok
er is on the road to cutting dow n
or giving up tobacco.
“ The ImkIv can’t think,” he
said. "It isinert.amassoj
relies on signals fi
Minus or subconscioml
signals often arescniii;^
ante.”
Whitmer said the pen
decides to revolutioniit
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health habits is p
doomed to failure. Hts
urged that oneprobbi
led at a time.
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Whitmer also warnd
dangers of excessiu
di inking. He strong!'
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and said that excessiu
drinking can affect tit
blood pressure, Wne
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