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Eustachian tube dysfunction: the treatment with Balloon Tuboplasty
Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) is a common clinical condition of the middle ear that can affect patients of all ages. The causes of ETD are...
01 August 2016
Incident insights
Mauritius: an adventure of survival
It was my first time travelling alone on a scuba-diving holiday in Mauritius. During my two-week stay, I lived at an unassuming hotel in the Grand...
21 July 2016
Dive stories
A dive is never over until it’s over
It was my last dive of the day. The last few minutes of the dive and the last dive of the trip. I felt distracted...
By Janice Nigro
21 July 2016
Medical Questions
In water recompression
In the absence of a recompression chamber, does DAN recommend treating a "bent" diver with in-water recompression?Answer from DAN experts: DAN does not recommend that symptomatic...
By DAN Staff
19 July 2016
Medical Questions
Wind instruments
This is NOT an emergency. I have a question: I’m a musician (saxophone, flute, and clarinet) and would like to know how long I should...
By DAN Staff
18 July 2016
Medical Questions
Bone growth and scuba diving
Our 12-year-old daughter has shown a great deal of interest in learning to dive and as a family, we have just experienced an introductory dive...
By DAN Staff
14 July 2016
Member profile
How I learnt to be my own dive doctor
GETTING LOST AT SEA: NIGHT DIVE IN THE GALAPAGOS So we surfaced. And it was pitch black. My buddy and I were 3 miles out at...
By DAN Staff
12 July 2016
The Top 50 Cult Dive Spots
Cult Dive: Shark & Yolanda Reef
Location: Red Sea, Egypt. GPS: 27° 43’ 51.03” N 34° 15’ 37.99” E Type of dive: deep, drift. Marine life: the entire food chain, vibrant corals, underwater landscape that...
05 July 2016
Diving inspiration
14 mind-blowing underwater scenes from Coldplay’s Up&Up
The new Coldplay video for Up & Up, from their A Head Full Of Dreams album, is composed by a set of 69 imaginative, symbolic, surprising...
04 July 2016
Member profile
Encounters with extraordinary men: Rolf Schmidt & Hesham Gabr
Rolf Schmidt, age: 65. Owner of Sinai Divers and Ghazala Fleet. He is the one who started it all. Hesham Gabr, age: 56. Owner of the popular award...
29 June 2016
Medical Questions
Lionfish sting
Last week I got a saltwater aquarium with an anemone and a small lionfish. I saw the lionfish swimming through the anemone and thought it...
By DAN Staff
24 June 2016
Medical Questions
Tiredness
I understand that feeling tired after a dive may be a symptom of decompression sickness, but I almost always feel tired after diving. Should I...
By DAN Staff
23 June 2016
