EUBS holds its 37th Scientific Meeting

During the week preceding the 7th DAN Day, from 24th to 27th August 2011, the 37th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Underwater and Baromedical Society (EUBS) took place in Gdańsk, Poland.. an event attended by 220 people coming from 40 countries. Among the many issues debated concerning diving and hyperbaric medicine, are worth mentioning the studies about the treatment of decompression sickness and the monitoring of performances during scuba diving; other lectures were devoted to topics such as the relationship between recreational diving and diabetes, the biophysical models of decompression and the physiology of decompression (PHYPODE project, see following article). The event was held under the honorary patronage of Lech Wałęsa, former President of the Republic of Poland, and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1983.