Homeostasis means keeping a constant internal environment. It is carried out around the whole body. Homeostasis reaches from every cell up to whole organs and systems.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the US and also the leading cause of death worldwide. More than half of the deaths that occur as a result of heart disease are in men. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US with around 611,105 deaths each year. Heart disease is a term used to describe several conditions, many of which are related to plaque buildup in the walls of the arteries. Other types of heart problems include angina, arrhythmias and heart failure.
Many of the leading causes of death in the U.S. are preventable, said Dr. Ali Mokdad, a professor of global health who helped lead the study. It is important to remember that we need to focus on preventing these risk factors such as smoking, obesity, poor diet, he said. Smoking was the number one individual risk factor for dying in America in 2013. It was involved in 443,824 deaths. Smoking causes heart disease, stroke, many forms of cancer.