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Pinched Nerves
July 13th, 2019
The pain in your thigh is not likely related to a snug-fitting wetsuit. ... Read More
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Sophia van Coller
July 8th, 2019
Growing up in Cape Town, I was always drawn to the ocean and got my boat skipper’s licence before I could even drive a car. After finishing my studies, I ventured overseas and soon found myself workin... Read More
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Keryn van der Walt
July 8th, 2019
I am the co-owner of RAID Southern Africa and I own Outdoor Focus Dive and Adventure Centre in Port Alfred, which I started 16 years ago. Diving was never on my bucket list. As a kid, I swam provincia... Read More
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Fiona Ayerst
July 8th, 2019
Fiona Ayerst is a professional stills underwater photographer. She is also a writer, public speaker, and a passionate conservationist who speaks up for animal rights. Fiona has a legal degree and prac... Read More
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Extended dive times at depth
June 13th, 2019
Using enriched air Nitrox (EAN) as a decompression gas starting on the deco stops will add oxygen to your decompression phase and speed up nitrogen elimination... Read More
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Crohn's disease and Diving
June 13th, 2019
Crohn's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It causes inflammation of your digestive tract, which can lead to abdominal pain, severe diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss and malnutrition... Read More
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Sinus membrane lift
June 13th, 2019
I recently had a sinus membrane lift with an underlying bone graft in my upper jaw to allow placement of a dental implant. Will I have any short- or long-term restrictions on diving?Surgeons have not ... Read More
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Guidelines for Flying after diving
June 13th, 2019
As more divers fly with symptoms than develop symptoms during or after flight, flying with symptoms may be a greater health problem than symptoms that occur during or after flight. This is an educatio... Read More
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Professional Liability: Not just for Pros
June 12th, 2019
DAN® has developed a dive-industry-specific Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA) program that focuses on practical assessment of risks and provision of information and resources to reduce ... Read More
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Performance under pressure
June 12th, 2019
For decades divers have found ways to mitigate the effects of pressure on the body without understanding them, but new research helps to explain human performance in challenging environments and provi... Read More
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Freediving Safety
June 12th, 2019
Freediving instructors will encourage you to push yourself and perform outside of your comfort levels, but you should never feel pressured into doing something you do not want to do.... Read More
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Emergency Underwater Oxygen Recompression
May 27th, 2019
Emergency underwater oxygen decompression is a procedure for remote areas only as is to be used in extreme cases where there is no decompression chamber available and only if divers are appropriately... Read More
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Red Tide and shellfish poisoning
May 25th, 2019
Red tide is a colloquial term for a specific phenomenon known as harmful algal bloom. Occasionally, large concentrations of aquatic microorganisms naturally bloom in coastal areas. The rapid accumulat... Read More
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How Divers Can Help with coral conservation
May 25th, 2019
BY GENA PARSONSDivers should stay informed about where stony coral tissue loss disease is present, use proper diving techniques and decontaminate dive gear between dives as well as before and after ea... Read More
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DCS Ahead
May 25th, 2019
CASE STUDY: DAN WAS THERE FOR MEBy Tom ChronisterRisk of decompression sickness is different for every diver and cannot be fully predicted by decompression algorithms. Diagnosis is similarly varied, a... Read More
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Aural Hygiene
May 25th, 2019
People are aware of their ears in many ways. Some people perceive the wax in their ears as a hygiene issue and overzealously clean it out This can cause problems of it own. Taking care of your ears be... Read More
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Your Dive Computer: Tips and tricks - PART 2
May 25th, 2019
Dive computers are wonderful at carrying out programmed mathematical computations, but they are blind to the many insights you may have before, during and between your dives. For example, your dive co... Read More
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Diving with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
May 25th, 2019
The location of your dive directly correlates to the amount and severity of risks you are taking if anything goes wrong.... Read More
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Diving after Kidney Donation
May 25th, 2019
The concern with diving after donating a kidney is the same as with any abdominal surgery: You must allow a sufficient amount of time for healing not only the external surgical site but also the abdom... Read More
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Your Dive Computer: Tips and tricks - PART 1
May 25th, 2019
Know your gear and how to use it to better your dive experience. One piece of equipment that has become essential to most divers is a dive computer. There is an surprising range in models available. ... Read More
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DAN Press Release
May 14th, 2019
DURHAM, NC – April 17, 2019 – Divers Alert Network® and Rolex® are pleased to announce that Dr. David Wilkinson has been selected as the 2019 DAN/Rolex Diver of the Year. The award was presented on Sa... Read More
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Protect Your Privacy
April 15th, 2019
We usually reach out to you to announce feature updates, interaction notifications or exciting new content. However, we too are updating our Privacy Policy document and clarifying our data handling pr... Read More
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Five lessons for Cold-water Diving
April 5th, 2019
Staying dry and layering with proper undergarments — along with the layer of air between the suit and your body — provide warmth. Consider these five lessons to prepare yourself for this interesting a... Read More
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Zeljko Dujic: Finding his niche in Breath-hold Research
April 4th, 2019
At the forefront of the field, Dujic continues to study the body’s physiological responses to breath-hold diving. Both divers and patients with conditions such as sleep apnea and diabetes benefit from... Read More
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