Medical Bulletin 27/January/2022

Here are the top medical news for the day:

Running to escape everyday stresses may eventually cause exercise dependence instead of mental wellbeing: Study

A study published in Frontiers in Psychology investigated whether the concept of escapism can help us understand the relationship between running, wellbeing, and exercise dependence.

Escapism can restore perspective, or it can act as a distraction from problems that need to be tackled. Escapism which is adaptive, seeking out positive experiences, is referred to as self-expansion. Meanwhile maladaptive escapism, avoiding negative experiences, is called self-suppression. Effectively, running as exploration or as evasion.

Reference:

Dr Frode Stenseng, Running to Get "Lost"? Two Types of Escapism in Recreational Running and Their Relations to Exercise Dependence and Subjective Well-Being, Frontiers in Psychology, doi10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1035196

40-year follow up shows significant reduction in mortality after bariatric surgery: Study

A new retrospective study with up to 40 years of follow up shows significant reductions in death rates from all causes and cause-specific conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer in patients who have undergone bariatric surgery compared to non-surgical participants with severe obesity, according to a new study in Obesity journal.