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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

After making more than 1,000 scuba dives over the past 15 years, Jerry Blaski knew what the pink patch on his skin, blurry vision and nausea meant. The 60-year-old dive instructor from Sayville on ...

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Pelagic Pressure Systems is recalling some 2,800 of its Oceanic and AERIS digital dive computer watches, citing a possible decompression hazard for divers relying on them (the exact models affected ...