Homeostasis is the critical biological process through which the constant regulation of biochemical signals and functions is achieved at equilibrium. The most important functions in humans for ...

A LEGEND displayed over the old apothecary shop in Williamsburg, Virginia, reads, "Deus major agit." When Walter Cannon entitled his book on homeostatic reactions The Wisdom of the Body he ...

THE comments on parenteral fluid therapy that follow are based on the fact that there are limits to the body's capacity to conserve and to eliminate, in accordance with homeostatic needs, water and ...

In fact, homeostatic functions are so fundamental for the sustenance of life that many fatal diseases can be described as failures of homeostasis, such as diabetes. Mark Solms argues in his important ...