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.
COPD is a major leading cause of death in Australia. In 2013, 6,462 people were recorded as having died from COPD (3,572 males and 2,890 females) making it the fifth leading cause of death after coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, dementia and Alzheimer disease, and lung cancer.