European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Id swi Quot Stein the Lancial tent pie Likely taking rating or which ment or n. A women Tyc Hecks Ictoria Are and gently Ney. Is of t when tory Vever As Ork Ance. Lother f these Len Quot taking 2cks.m ing age 0 and by. Acted to s work s making Tome their tarried Ime her aimed i that on about comes. Divorce role in Warner ans Mancial quarters Hom Are. It the Nake it Ted. Wed. Ily by years Jugh men in Tan More 1980 26, 3 k up ated the average person that comes to. Us has been the victim of the demise of a 15 to 20-Ycar-od marriage with no business acumen because she has relied on someone else to do it Quot he said. Quot and we Deal with some pretty Good  a a a Mary Lynn 47, a real estate broker from Cleveland fits into that category. Recently divorced from her husband of 24 years she has crammed to learn enough about investment matters to make it on her own. The woman who asked not to be identified by her full married name said she expected to receive Between $50,000 and $60,000 once the family House is sold. She a looking for investments. A a the just basically did All the a. Decision making where Money was. Concerned Quot she said of her former husband Quot i guess that was one of the sore spots. He never really asked or. Consulted me.�?�. Stein the financial planner said that wives of breadwinners no matter How stable their marriages might seem should try to Garner some financial Independence. He suggested they establish credit and accumulate assets solely in their own names since their husbands Likely Are doing just that. Through their own company retirement  Money and the inability to discuss it openly and honestly causes More a Damn problems than anything else Quot said Hank Madden a financial planner with ids financial services  Jacksonville fla., office who has been advising the Fishers. The hair replacement entrepreneurs stand out among his clients because each would be. Prepared to make an investment decision individually Madden said. Still he said their financial philosophies appear to reflect some sexual stereotypes. Quot Barbara is my conscience. She is More frugal Quot Fisher 34, said of his. Wife. A. Quot i m concerned with losing Money. Thai s my biggest fear Quot said mrs. A Fisher 42, Quot he has a More in depth grip on what s happening. He would come Home and Tell me about whatever he a interested in and we would make a decision  smoking Back in the 1960s, so the difference Between men and women in smoking behaviour tended to converge somewhat Quot said Hollmann. Quot if behaviour Between the sexes is converging then you have to expect mortality rates to converge also Quot there is a time lag Between the time someone takes up smoking and the time they come to highest risk of death Quot he said accounting for the change in comparative death rates in the 1980s. Bet Ween 1982 and 1986, for example the cancer death rate for males declined from 164.8 deaths per 100,000 men to 163.6. For women the rate increased from 109.5 to 111.4. For heart disease the death rate for men declined from 264.4 per 100,000 to 238.2. Women had a smaller decline from 132.5 to 124.6. And deaths from cerebrovascular disease fell from 20 2 to 33 5 per 100,000 men from 1982 to 1986, while for women the drop was from 33.2 to 29.0, also a smaller decline than for men. The census study used mortality data from the National Center for health statistics a division of the department of health and human services. While the study did not include a breakdown by sex for immigration Hollmann said that also was a  Factor to the increase in males since refugees coming into the country tended to include what More males than females during the 1980s. Marty olympic and College athletes a Here some Speed skaters racing on the ice a credit Bio feedback with improved performance. How much do athletes really gain Siby Janet Nelson new York times humming softly to himself . Mueller paced around the tent at the top of the course. He Felt a loosening in his shoulders and a tingling in his body occasionally he recreated the sensation of holding a perfect tuck through the Speed zone while rocketing Down the Hill at a Speed of Over 130 Mph. The above scene occurred in March at Willamette pass ore., where Mueller won the world cup Speed. Skiing event and has been replayed by Mueller with similar results since. Mueller unabashedly attributes a great Deal of his Success to a mental training regimen aided by a Small biofeedback device called the gsr2, which he has used since 1987, when he rests his first two fingers in the. Gsr2, it responds to the amount of perspiration on the skin. With increased perspiration indicative of a tense state the device emits a High tone when the perspiration decreases a relaxed state the tone Lowers. Mueller Learned to control his anxiety and tension before a race by summoning up the physical sensations that duplicated the exact amount of Calm he needed to perform at his Best. This kind of mental training has been used for the past 10 years by coaches who train olympic and College athletes and Many credit biofeedback with improved. Performances. A we can t run a controlled study on athletes using biofeedback Quot said Erik Peper a sports psychologist at san Francisco state University. Quot but we do have plenty of anecdotal evidence to suggest real benefits from  today there Are More than a Hundred biofeedback devices used to study and control a person s physiology ranging from a plastic card that shows skin temperature changes to a highly sophisticated machine developed by Nasa to measure muscle tension of astronauts. Skin temperature chemical composition of the skin surface muscle tension blood pressure and heart rate Are the m6st common physical characteristics measured by biofeedback  Anselmo president of the biofeedback. Society of new York and a biofeedback therapist said the every year the association gets More requests from serious recreational athletes seeking help. The athletes want help with a variety of sports from Tennis and Golf to swimming and basketball. One of the main problems she said she encountered in her practice is that of athletes misplacing their efforts while participating in a sport. A Marathon runner for instance found himself unable to Complete races when he hit Quot the  a tightened shoulder Muscles and shallow forced breathing were causing fatigue through biofeedback he Learned How to control his Muscles and improve breathing. He immediately began finishing races. G Quot most people Are unaware that they Are not relaxed a said Peper. Quot biofeedback helps because it gives a Baseline measure and shows Small changes. Learning relaxation you become aware of the cues that of Cecal  sports psychologists caution that individual responses to biofeedback can be quite varied. Some people respond quickly and easily others need coaching and guidance some respond to any Typo of measurement others respond Only to specific. Measurements. A most people will get a Reading on a  device but not everyone can change the characteristic being measured Quot said Dan Landers who teaches in the exercise and sports department at Arizona state University and who used biofeedback to coach the olympic Archery team Quot besides that you need to know what is your right arousal slate a do you need to be More up or More Down �?1 for your Best performance. Thinking Back on your Best performances helps to some degree Quot Landers said biofeedback was not needed by All athletes but could be useful for those who have tried to reach the feelings of their Best performances and failed. It is also Only effective Tor people who have participated in a sport Long enough to identify and recall various performance feelings and to make effective corrections when performance falters. Quot one of the purposes of our association Quot said Jeanne Anselmo Quot is to try to educate people about How these methods can be used the simple Home trainers Are of but some people need More sophisticated equipment and More guidance you done to want to think though that you buy this piece of equipment and your life is  although anyone can Call himself a biofeedback therapist the association Tor applied psychophysiology and biofeedback in wheat Ridge col has a certification program that requires specific amounts and types of training people seeking a biofeedback therapist should Check credentials and training. Those who want to try biofeedback on their own have a limited number of choices very inexpensive devices Are available like the biofeedback Monitor sold at radio Shack stores in the United states for $13 95, that have Gross sensitivity ranges requiring Large physiological changes to affect the devices measurement indicators the gsr2, used by Mueller and Many coaches is More stable and sensitive but not As precise or accurate As higher tech instruments the gsr2, which comes with t to audio tapes and an instruction manual for 150, is available through Cata logs or from thought technology ltd2180 Belgrave ave. Montreal p it a 21 8, Canada in addition Man therapists sell Lotee Daok devices that Range from $50 to  20, 1990 the stars and stripes dry k Page 15