Dr. Soetomo General Hospital

This study looked at whether eating sorghum rice instead of white rice for one week could improve health markers in people with prediabetes. Twenty-six police officers with prediabetes were split into two groups: one ate sorghum rice, the other white rice. Researchers measured ch…

This study looked at 60 women aged 60 and older to see if a gentler form of resistance training (low-intensity with blood flow restriction) could improve cardiorespiratory fitness as well as moderate-intensity training. Both methods led to similar gains in fitness and perceived e…

This study looked at 65 adults with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis to see if a marker of inflammation called interleukin-6 (IL-6) is linked to thyroid hormone problems. Researchers measured IL-6 and thyroid hormones in blood samples. The goal was to understand if inflamma…