Finding Your Fitness
As with any exercise, it is important to honestly and accurately assess your fitness level before diving. There are assessments you can do at home to test your fitness for dive and ensure you’re in good health.
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Understanding Our Limits
Gerardo Bosco applies modern technologies in hyperbaric research and has authored more than 100 scientific publications. In dive medicine, he focuses on finding a cause for a known mechanism rather than discovering something unknown.
Lionfish Stings
Lionfish are fascinating and beautiful creatures, but they can cause serious injuries as well as environmental problems outside their normal range.
Scuba Diving and Life Expectancy
A lot of research has been done on life expectancy, but does recreational diving make an impact? We asked the experts some burning questions.
The Future of Dive Medicine
What does the future of dive medicine cook like? Two experts answered our questions and made their best predictions about the future of dive medicine and research.
An Unexpected Earplug
Ear barotrauma (pressure-related injury) usually occurs in divers’ middle ears, often as a result of congestion. In this unusual case, however, a diver experienced ear barotrauma that resulted from accumulation of ear wax in his ear canal.
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Diving
Divers with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder could be at risk for serious injuries. Our experts answered questions pertaining to diving and ADHD.
Effects of Aspirin on Diving
If you take aspirin everyday, what will be the impact on a diver’s risk of decompression sickness? Two DAN doctors answered a common question and provided their best advice.
The DAN Board of Directors
Meet the DAN Board of Directors. Their breadth of experience is impressive, and their dedication to scuba diving and safety is abundantly clear.
Diving with Dental Implants
DAN medics and researchers answer your questions about dive medicine.
