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My Day as a DAN Volunteer Research Diver
How I ended up as a diving Guinea Pig: Living Citizen Science for the sake of research. Today is a special day I have been looking...
27 August 2015
Medical line
Physiological responses to high pressure during immersion
The bodyâs physiological response to high pressure during immersion. Have you ever been bothered by any of this during your scuba dive? Gettinâ narced, equalization problems,...
26 August 2015
Incident insights
Don’t touch the Crown of Thorns!
This starfish (Acanthaster planci) has its meaningful name for a reason! However, if you did, go to hospital right away. You will need immediate medical...
25 August 2015
Features
Scuba Yoga
Stay fit for diving! Vinyasa Power Yoga seems to be applicable to some real world dive scenarios. Just flip through the pages of this special...
18 August 2015
Medical line
Latests findings on DCI and Dive Physiology (Part 2)
Following the first article, published last month, we keep presenting the research findings which came out from "The Science of Diving", final conference of the scientific project...
29 July 2015
Features
Minimise the Effects of Jet Lag
My next dive trip is taking me across the world. Whenever I cross time zones, I suffer relatively severe jet lag, which affects my ability...
28 July 2015
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Flying After Diving: Finally, the Facts (Not Just Theory)
The study of data collected in the first research campaign of DAN Europeâs Diving Safety Laboratory (DSL) âFlying bubblesâ project has concluded. The results are...
By Stefano Ruia
27 July 2015
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Germophobia? – Just give it a reasonable thought
As published in past articles of Alert Diver, microbes from different sources, transmitted via diving equipment, can be a true threat to scuba divers. In fact,...
26 July 2015
Safety
Stick to Your Maximum Operating Depth
Question: On a recent dive trip, my buddies and I dived using 30 percent nitrox. Beyond our maximum operating depth was a big turtle that...
25 July 2015
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More Than Just Bubbles
Diving grants us a great freedom to explore. It offers the opportunity to experience what most people see only on film. As terrestrial creatures, we...
14 July 2015
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Genetic predisposition to breath-hold diving induced Pulmonary Edema
Hold your breath: DAN Europe received a prestigious recognition for their work in the field of apnea diving, thanks to valid findings in the correlated...
By Stefano Ruia
14 July 2015
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Ear Infections and Diving: a difficult relationship!
It’s winter; and still a handful of European divers continue diving regardless of the cold temperatures that have enveloped Europe. You get out of the...
By Stefano Ruia
30 June 2015
