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.
In women, the most common cause of cancer is breast cancer, and like men, the most common cause of cancer death is lung cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, in the United States, about 1,620 people were expected to die of cancer each day in 2015 â this equates to nearly 590,000 people.