The incidence of cerebrovascular events and peripheral vascular disease events is similar in patients with RA compared to non-RA subjects. Among patients with RA, the incidence of noncardiac vascular disease has remained stable in recent decades. Copyright Â© 2012 by the American College of Rheumatology.
Definition of homeostasis. : a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group striving to achieve homeostasis.
In 1988, Peter Sterling and Joseph Eyer of the University of Pennsylvania named the homeostatic process allostasis in the Handbook of Life Stress, Cognition, and Health. Allostasis is the mind/brain and bodyâs ability to achieve stability through and despite change. This dynamic process is critical for your survival.