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Planning a traditional chilly swim over Christmas or New Year? Imy Brighty-Potts asks GPs about the immediate impact on the body.

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Have you ever had a really tough day, and thought: “I’d love to sit in a vat of freezing cold water, that’d polish the afternoon off nicely?” No? Us neither. And yet... people are doing it. Those who ...