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Headaches and Diving
April 15th, 2021
Many divers have experienced a headache after a dive with it eventually clearing and no lasting side effects. But when headaches are a recurring issue for divers, that’s when it becomes concerning. To... Read More
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Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO)
April 15th, 2021
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a common congenital heart defect. It is a hole between the right and left sides of the heart. The foramen ovale is the wall separating the atria. Prior to birth, the fora... Read More
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Hypertension
April 15th, 2021
Hypertension (high blood pressure) is a common medical condition among the general population and divers.Blood pressure is a measure of the force with which blood pushes outward on the arterial walls.... Read More
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Cardiovascular Fitness and Diving
April 15th, 2021
Scuba diving exposes you to many effects, including immersion, cold, hyperbaric gases, elevated breathing pressure, exercise and stress, as well as a post-dive risk of gas bubbles circulating in your ... Read More
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The Safety of Sports for Athletes With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators
April 15th, 2021
Date: 11 December 2013 | Author: Petar Denoble, MD, D.Sc. Current recommendations for patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) advise against participating in sport that are more v... Read More
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Fitness Myth or Fitness Fact?
April 15th, 2021
1 August 2016 | Author: Jessica B. Adams. Ph.D. When planning an effective fitness program, it is important to separate fact from fiction. Fitness folklore spreads quickly because many people are dra... Read More
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Experience
April 15th, 2021
Date: 16 November 2016 | Author: Karl Shreeves Although it is clear that diving experience reduces divers’ risk of injury, experience is an imprecise term that conjures different ideas in different pe... Read More
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Guidelines for Lifelong Medical Fitness to Dive
April 14th, 2021
Date: 4 August 2020 To promote divers’ medical fitness to dive throughout their lives, Divers Alert Network® (DAN®) created and published the Guidelines for Lifelong Medical Fitness to Dive. This docu... Read More
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Diver Return After COVID-19 Infection (DRACO): A Longitudinal Assessment
April 14th, 2021
Date: August 2020 If you have been infected with COVID-19, have recovered and are planning to or have already returned to diving, please consider signing up for our study. The initial survey will tak... Read More
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COVID-19 and Diving: March 2021 Update
April 14th, 2021
Date: 24 March 2021 | Author: Jim Chimiak, M.D. For more than a year, the entire world, including the medical community, has been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic. Significant advancements, including ... Read More
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10 Simple Things You Can Do to Improve Your Underwater Photography
April 9th, 2021
Underwater photographer always want to be better at what they do. Taking pictures underwater serve as a reminder of what you seen while exploring and is always great to have that awesome photo to show... Read More
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Underwater Photographer and DAN Member Madelein Wolfaardt
April 9th, 2021
Photography is a way to express myself artistically. Being able to share my passion with others is very rewarding. I count myself incredibly lucky to see and experience the wonderful things the underw... Read More
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Aqua Pool Noodle Exercises
April 1st, 2021
Exercising in water can be a great way to mix up your routine. The water supports your body
and ensures low impact despite intense exercise. The effects of gravity are less profound in the water, so y... Read More
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Environmental Considerations for Disinfection
March 22nd, 2021
Divers, dive operators and dive professionals must continue to practice good hygiene and disinfection of scuba equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Disinfectant products kill microorganisms. When d... Read More
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This Bites: Prevention Treatment
March 22nd, 2021
Moray eels are the largest eel species, and they are known to produce toxins, which can be found in their mouths. Temporary paralysis of the bitten area can occur. Eels have an impressive mouthful of... Read More
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Current Dives
March 12th, 2021
Diving in currents can be exhilarating, but it can also be hazardous if you do not have the proper training or are unprepared. To get the most enjoyment, perform proper predive research and dive plann... Read More
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Cristina Mittermeier: Commitment to Conservation
March 4th, 2021
Photographer Cristina Mittermeier’s social media posts have insightful captions that reveal her deep commitment to ocean ecology issues. Telling stories that inspire, engage and ultimately motivate ac... Read More
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Diving After a Stroke
March 4th, 2021
Carefully weigh your return to diving, and assess the risk versus reward. No studies are available that address if the areas of your brain damaged by your stroke will be more susceptible to decompress... Read More
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Sunscreen and Coral
March 3rd, 2021
Sunscreen pollution is a serious threat to the world’s coral reefs causing fast degradation. But, divers can combat the effects of this pollution with simple steps.... Read More
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Reef safe sunscreen
March 3rd, 2021
Coral reefs the world over are in dire need of protection and conservation. In several countries the use of certain ingredients in sunscreen lotions have been banned. More is being tested to determine... Read More
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Models and Marine Life
March 3rd, 2021
Underwater photographers usually evolve a specialty, but the first fork in their road typically involves defining an interest in either photographing natural history — marine life in particular — or c... Read More
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Physics, Biophysics and Decompression Sickness
March 3rd, 2021
Meiners and his team are currently working on tissue mechanics and tissue damage through gas bubbles in the spinal cord, or spinal cord decompression sickness.... Read More
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Undercover Crabs
March 1st, 2021
The crabs manipulate the purloined pieces of attire with their mouths before attaching them to one of the many fishhook-shaped bristles arranged in rows on the carapace, rostrum, walking legs and claw... Read More
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Cylinder Safety
March 1st, 2021
Every year fires and ruptures in scuba, rebreather and oxygen cylinders occur. These incidents destroy property and injure, maim and even cause the death of cylinder filling-station operators as well ... Read More
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