Dr. Sukma MeratiPersonal website of Dr. Sukma Merati, Anatomical Pathologist

Orang tua selalu mengharapkan yang terbaik bagi anak-anaknya. Baik segi pendidikan, berkeluarga serta bermasyarakat dan negara diharapkan anak akan meneruskan cita-cita mulia para orang tua.

Namun apa yang terjadi terkadang tidak sesuai dengan apa yang diperkirakan. Seperti kisah berikut tentang saya dan adik perempuan saya. Read the rest of this entry »

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Banyak orang bisa menjadi superstar. Tetapi hanya sedikit yang dapat digolongkan the real superstar. Superstar bukan hanya kulitnya saja, namun benar-benar super juga didalam. Ibarat ‘inner beauty’ yang akan terpancar keluar dari dalam diri seseorang. Read the rest of this entry »

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Onderdil mobil Anda rusak dan bermasalah? Gampang tinggal datang ke bengkel mobil yang menjual spareparts. Tapi kalau organ tubuh Anda yang harus diganti, apakah akan Anda ganti seperti onderdil mobil?  Pernahkah Anda mendengar tentang cangkok organ? Read the rest of this entry »

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Like most people, we’re used to work 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, within 52 weeks a year. What makes a big difference is if we enjoy it or not. If we do not enjoy our work, we’ll be in a stressful and boredom situation which will eventually affect our health.

Work does not know whether you’re in good mood or not, in other words work does not know your bio-rhythm. Read the rest of this entry »

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Prostate cancer has been alarming most males in their fifties till seventies especially in western countries.

In Indonesia too, cases of prostate cancer were rising from year to year. Why is that ? What’s wrong with the Indonesian males these days ? Read the rest of this entry »

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Masyarakat Indonesia umumnya percaya pada cerita dan pemahaman dalam bentuk mitos yang diturunkan dari orang tua ke anak, dari omongan seseorang ke orang lain, misalnya terong tabu bagi lelaki, telor setengah matang lebih berkhasiat, dst. Tidak semua mitos tersebut benar, banyak dari kepercayaan itu yang secara ilmu kesehatan ilmiah dapat dibuktikan tidak benar. Read the rest of this entry »

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Daging yang diolah dengan cara dipanggang, dibakar atau digoreng dengan suhu sangat panas cenderung akan menghasilkan heterocyclic amines (HCAs) yang berpotensi karsinogenik, artinya dapat menimbulkan kanker ganas (karsinoma). Read the rest of this entry »

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Our environment especially here in Sumatra where Pekanbaru located is now critical. Why is that ? Almost every week we could see the headlines of the media here with a picture of wild animals, eg. elephant and tiger. Both animals were like ‘died in vain’. Read the rest of this entry »

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Before 1983, gastritis was presumed due to hyperacidity of our stomach. Since Dr Barry Marshall and his colleague found microorganism called helicobacter pylori ( HP) in Perth, Australia – the paradigm was totally changed.

Nowadays we believe and can be shown on the slides, the role of HP as the cullprit of gastritis. So, the paradigm now is changing from hyperacidity (chemical, sterile) to infection by HP. Read the rest of this entry »

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Cancer of the uterine cervix until now is the leading cancer among women in the third world and developing countries, inclusive Indonesia.

Most of the type of this deadly cancer is Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC), and after that adenocarcinoma or adenosquamous carcinoma and other rare types.

Lately experts have found a new vaccine that could protect women from this lethal disease. The vaccine was made against human papilloma virus (HPV) infection, that we believe is the number one cause of SCC. Read the rest of this entry »

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