But close to 80% of all deaths
from anorexia nervosa are among people older than 45. Actually, the
median age of death from eating disorders and related causes among
women is 69 and among men - 80! One fifth of all adult sufferers are
men.
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Egg
A human female is born with 150,000 hollow balls of cells. Each "ball"
- a follicle - contains an immature ovum (egg cell). By the age of
16-18, only 30-40,000 of these follicles survive. The destruction of
follicles continues well into menopause when the few remaining
follicles degenerate and die. Only 300-400 follicles mature during the
woman's reproductive years 13-54. But the quality of the eggs
deteriorates with time. In her early 30's, for instance, the rate of
spontaneous abortions a woman endures reaches 28%. Menstruation occurs
every 4 weeks.
A follicle from one of the two ovaries matures, the egg is extruded
from the ovary and is made ready for fertilization in the reproductive
tract. If not fertilized, it leaves the body together with the
nutrients accumulated to feed a prospective embryo - and blood.
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