Diving is a seriously dangerous activity, but not only for the reasons you may think. Decompression sickness, or "the bends," ...

The bodies of two Italian divers have been brought to the surface after the Maldives' worst diving disaster, with two more ...

A Maldivian military diver died from decompression sickness during a perilous mission to recover bodies of four Italian ...

Monica Montefalcone, an associate professor of ecology at the University of Genoa, was among five people who died in a diving accident in the Maldives earlier this week ...

How do marine mammals, whose very survival depends on regular diving, manage to avoid decompression sickness or "the bends?" Do they, indeed, avoid it? Any diver returning from ocean depths knows ...

Mohamed Mahudhee suffered decompression sickness after searching for scuba divers in Vaavu Atoll and died in hospital ...

What happened to the Italian divers inside Maldives’ underwater caves? Experts probe mystery as bodies located - Experts try ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . High-risk patent foramen ovale was independently linked to a higher risk for decompression illness in scuba ...

Experts warn about the risks of cave diving without proper training, planning and specialised equipment after deaths in Vaavu atoll ...

This story has been updated to correct a mistake that appeared in the original story. The story incorrectly stated a student from the University of West Florida's Underwater Archaeology program had ...

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 ...