BOOK that spa retreat - science has confirmed what we've suspected all along.
According to a study published in Science Daily, Japan's famous snow monkeys seek out thermal pools to not only warm up, but also to enjoy a little bit of welcome stress relief.
Scientists who studied the macaques found reduced levels of the stress hormone glucocorticoid when they analysed the droppings of those who had just taken a dip.
"This indicates that, as in humans, the hot spring has a stress-reducing effect in snow monkeys," said the appropriately named lead researcher Rafaela Takeshita.
There's been a tragic mix-up in Russia, where medical staff accidentally filled the IV bag of a patient undergoing routine surgery with formalin.
The alleged mistake meant that rather than being rehydrated with saline the unfortunate victim was embalmed, leading to her death despite extensive further intervention at a hospital in her home city of Ulyanovsk.
Her mother has accused the doctors of murder, with the UK Sun reporting that a criminal investigation of the incident is now under way.
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