The recreational dive watch market has become flooded with sleek throwbacks to 1960s skin divers and stylish desk-diving pieces that never see saltwater. But there's a new player that refuses to play ...

SCUBA diving has always been a sport of measurement. Whether it’s getting a reading on depth, determining the correct gas mixture or recording time spent underwater, accurate calculations can mean the ...

In scuba divers with large patent foramen ovale (PFO), transcatheter closure seems to prevent decompression sickness (DCS), a new study suggests. “According to our data, PFO closure is recommended in ...

Developed by the French Navy in 1990, the MN90 Decompression Tables remain a fundamental part of professional and recreational dive training, guiding divers on the necessary decompression stops after ...

Catheter-based closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) may alleviate decompression sickness in scuba divers by eliminating embolization of arterial bubbles, according to a case-controlled observational ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . High-risk patent foramen ovale was independently linked to a higher risk for decompression illness in scuba ...

IN the past few years the sport of "skin diving" (both with and without underwater breathing apparatus) has found many enthusiastic adherents in the general populace. Unfortunately, there has not been ...

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - A plane made an emergency landing in Dallas when a scuba diver returning to Denver from his honeymoon in Cancun suffered decompression sickness during the flight. Malik Altoos ...

Objective: To investigate whether prehydration 90 min before a dive could decrease bubble formation, and to evaluate the consequent adjustments in plasma volume (PV), water balance and plasma surface ...