Giving pregnant women oxygen during childbirth ‘often unnecessary’

Giving pregnant women extra oxygen during labour and delivery is ‘often unnecessary’, study suggests US researchers compared 16 studies assessing benefit of oxygen in childbirth  Found there is no clear or significant benefit to providing extra oxygen   Researchers say being more judicious with oxygen will reduce childbirth costs  By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: 16:13 GMT, 4 January … Read more

Giving pregnant women oxygen during labour and delivery is ‘often unnecessary’

Giving pregnant women extra oxygen during labour and delivery is ‘often unnecessary’, study suggests US researchers compared 16 studies assessing benefit of oxygen in childbirth  Found there is no clear or significant benefit to providing extra oxygen   Researchers say being more judicious with oxygen will reduce childbirth costs  By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: 16:13 GMT, 4 January … Read more

Billy Elliot star sues police after ‘PC stamped on his leg during unnecessary stop and search’

A West End Billy Elliot star is suing the Met Police for up to £50,000, claiming he had his leg stamped on by an officer in an unnecessary stop-and-search which left him unable to work. Alex Loxton played the ballet dancing coal miner’s son at London’s Victoria Palace Theatre, starred with Keira Knightley and Helen … Read more

Leicester mayor Sir Peter Soulsby says lockdown for 90% of the city is ‘unnecessary and unjustified’

Leicester mayor Sir Peter Soulsby says lockdown for 90% of the city is ‘unnecessary and unjustified’ as government prepares to decide ‘over next 24 hours’ whether to ease restrictions Mayor of Leicester Sir Peter Soulsby wants the lock down across his city eased He said new figures show only 10 per cent has above average … Read more

Jackie ‘O’ Henderson slams influencers for promoting ‘unnecessary’ products

‘I’m really getting over it!’ Jackie ‘O’ Henderson slams Instagram models for promoting ‘unnecessary’ products on Instagram By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:25 BST, 18 May 2020 | Updated: 04:25 BST, 18 May 2020 Radio personality Jackie ‘O’ Henderson has slammed influencers for promoting ‘unnecessary’ products on Instagram. Speaking on her KIIS FM … Read more

Savers told not to make unnecessary early withdrawals from pensions

Beware the early pension tax trap: Savers told not to make unnecessary early withdrawals By Ben Wilkinson for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 12 May 2020 | Updated: 00:15 BST, 13 May 2020 Savers are being warned not to make unnecessary early withdrawals from their pensions or risk triggering a costly tax trap. With … Read more

UK’s coronavirus crisis peaked BEFORE lockdown: Expert argues draconian measures were unnecessary

Carl Heneghan, a professor of medicine at Oxford University, claims the UK’s coronavirus outbreak peaked a week before lockdown and that draconian measures were unnecessary The UK’s coronavirus outbreak peaked a week before lockdown, according to a leading expert who argues the draconian measures were unnecessary. Carl Heneghan, professor of evidence-based medicine at Oxford University, … Read more

Coronavirus: London drivers make MORE unnecessary journeys than those abroad

London drivers make MORE unnecessary journeys than those in Paris, Madrid and New York with roads still jam-packed full of traffic despite lockdown London has higher traffic levels than other major European capitals, data shows It suggests drivers are still making unnecessary journeys despite the lockdown 20% of London’s roads congested on average last week, … Read more

Royal experts blast Prince Harry and Meghan Markle over ‘spiteful’ and ‘unnecessary’ statement

Royal experts blast Prince Harry and Meghan Markle over ‘spiteful’ and ‘completely unnecessary’ statement after the Queen forced them to drop Sussex Royal brand name – and one commentator fears ‘it will get WORSE’ Richard Fitzwilliams said the couple had unnecessarily ‘underlined’ differences Prince Charles’ biographer Tom Bower said he feared it would ‘get worse’ … Read more

One in six appendectomies on children are unnecessary new research shows

One in six operations to remove a child’s appendix are NOT needed because doctors are failing to properly interpret ultrasound scans of the abdomen, new research shows Some 10,000 children have an emergency appendectomy operations each year Scientists tested the extracted organs of almost 1,900 children after surgery  The tests showed that 16 per cent … Read more