A new study headed by researchers at the University of Malta claims to be the first to investigate gene expression changes in scuba divers with decompression sickness (DCS), a potentially deadly ...

Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre (SLBMC) has successfully activated its emergency hyperbaric response pathway to receive and ...

Deep-diving whales and other marine mammals can get the bends--the same painful and potentially life-threatening decompression sickness that strikes scuba divers who surface too quickly. A new study ...

FRISCO, Texas — Minhaj Qidwai, of Frisco, spent six months preparing for his next vacation to Bali. He was so excited to finally go scuba diving. "I'm not a crazy adrenaline junkie but I do like ...

Deep-diving whales and other marine mammals can get the bends—the same painful and potentially life-threatening decompression sickness that strikes scuba divers who surface too quickly. A new study ...

Dear Doctor K: I’m planning a diving vacation. A friend told me it’s not safe to fly within 24 hours of diving. Why not? Dear Reader: I’m not a diver myself, so I had to do some research to answer ...

Among experienced SCUBA divers, patent foramen ovale (PFO) with certain high-risk echocardiographic features increases the risk of decompression illness, also called the bends. Decompression illness ...

Last week I went over the gases that make up the air we breathe. Here’s a quick recap: 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and the final nearly 1% is made of up trace gases. Even though it takes up the ...

APART from a shark attack, the “bends” are a scuba diver’s worst nightmare. But an underwater wristwatch developed in Scotland could soon give divers ample warning that they are heading for serious ...

A mother on a guided San Juan Islands scuba-diving expedition with her 23-year-old daughter noticed that her child was in trouble, sinking quickly toward the bottom. The mother surfaced to get help ...