Dr. Soetomo General Hospital

This study looked at whether eating sorghum rice instead of white rice for one week could improve health in people with prediabetes. Twenty-six police officers with prediabetes took part. Half ate sorghum rice, and half ate white rice. The researchers measured changes in a hormon…

This study tested whether low-intensity leg exercises with a blood flow restriction cuff could improve cardiorespiratory fitness in women aged 60 and older, compared to moderate-intensity training without the cuff. Sixty women participated, and both methods led to similar gains i…

This study examined whether a marker of inflammation called interleukin-6 (IL-6) is linked to thyroid hormone problems in people with chronic kidney disease on dialysis. Researchers analyzed blood samples from 65 stable dialysis patients. The goal was to see if higher IL-6 levels…