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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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Weight Training for Better Diving
March 28th, 2019
This weight-training program that targets the muscles most used while scubadiving and will allow you to do multiday dives without undue strain or fatigue.
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Your DAN Safety Stop 2019 Q1
March 28th, 2019
Welcome to the quarterly DAN Safety Stop newsletter! Enjoy catching up on all the activities of the DAN team!... Read More
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Cannabis & Diving
March 27th, 2019
Cannabis/ marijuana has been known to man for thousands of years. It is believed to have originated in central Asia some 12,000 years ago and that it was widely used by Neolithic times for its protei... Read More
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Breath Hold Diving: Part 4
February 13th, 2019
In the fourth part of the series on breath-hold diving, dr rob schneider discusses the physiology of breath-hold diving and why it is possible.... Read More
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Breath Hold Diving: Part 2
February 13th, 2019
Freediving equipment has gone through decades of refining to produce modern, specialised equipment that offers the freediver the ultimate in safety and performance standards... Read More
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Breath Hold Diving: Part 1
February 13th, 2019
Over the many years that humans have practiced breath-hold diving, it has grown to become an important part of both commercial and recreational diving. Let’s take an in-depth look at its history and e... Read More
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DAN e-Learning programs
February 8th, 2019
When it comes to first-aid and safety education and training, our goal is to make the information easily accessible and maximize your in-person instructional time. ... Read More
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The Silent killer: Carbon Monoxide
February 8th, 2019
Hazard identification and risk assessment (HIRA), a programme based on general safety principles and adapted to suit the situations to which it is applied, is a tool that can empower dive businesses a... Read More
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Dive Industry Profile: PJ PRINSLOO
February 7th, 2019
I was back in the industry full time, training one diver after the next. ... Read More
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The Nitrogen Saturation Myth
February 7th, 2019
Efforts to determine the origin of this misunderstanding have thus far proven unsuccessful. Similarly, there are reports of chamber operators actually propagating this myth by offering routine “nitrog... Read More
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Get a Tattoo
February 6th, 2019
Your tattoo artist will tell you how to properly care for the site of the tattoo and how to prevent infection. ... Read More
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Diving after joint replacement surgery
February 6th, 2019
Any return to physical activity after surgery depends on complete recovery. Your surgical incisions need to be completely healed, and any complications such as infections must be resolved. To safely d... Read More
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Scuba Diving and Life Expectancy
September 7th, 2018
Diving burns more calories than many people think. It is a very gentle form of exercise, but it is exercise nonetheless. When divers breathe air or nitrox at depth, reactive oxygen species are produce... Read More
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How the dive Reflex protects the brain and heart
September 7th, 2018
Simply being immersed in water creates a hydrostatic pressure effect on the body that essentially squeezes some of the blood from our extremities back toward our heart. The vagus nerve also causes cer... Read More
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Altitude sickness and DCS
September 7th, 2018
Let them have the adventure of a lifetime.... Read More
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