Medical / Health
Josh Boggi – Diving to New Depths
Josh Boggi recently became the world’s first triple-amputee Rescue Diver – MELISSA HOBSON met him to find out how he achieved this incredible feat. Read more...
The Danger of Distraction
Underwater photographers can sometimes get carried away – and that’s how incidents start. Read more...
Allergic to Latex
Statistics indicate that 1 to 6% of the general population is allergic to natural rubber latex, and in rare cases, reactions can be so violent that they are fatal. Read more...
Baby diver: The Sequel – Let the diving begin!
The sight of tiny babies swimming under water with their mouths wide open can be disconcerting, but it’s just a matter of getting in those early ‘water miles’ says HENLEY SPIERS Read more...
THE WAY FORWARD WITH PFOs
Some 25% of divers, in common with the general population, have a PFO, but the risk of DCI is quite low. Read more...
Diving and Epilepsy
For anyone at increased risk of suffering seizures, venturing under water might seem foolhardy, but there are certain circumstances under which diving may be possible. Read more...
Hydration Is Vital, Sure – But Here’s Why Overdoing It Is Risky
‘Drowning from the inside’ is not a fate any scuba-diver would wish to contemplate, but IPO could strike more often than we realise Read more...
Are You Dive Fit?
It’s the start of the UK diving season, so the question is particularly important. For divers “at work” the health and fitness Read more...
Diving With Diabetes
Diabetes is a disease that affects the endocrine system, the collection of glands that produce hormones regulating Read more...
Barotrauma in Bonaire
Tell-tale signs during a training course could have given a diver a vital clue, but they were missed. Read more...
Baby Diver
Father-to-be HENLEY SPIERS decided that he needed a better understanding of diving and pregnancy Read more...
5 Tips To Avoid Dive-Boat Accidents
Divers love their boat-diving but, unfortunately, dive-boats can be injury-prone places, says Caren Liebscher Read more...
You Should Get That Examined
We all know that a blue-ringed octopus like this one can inflict serious injury, but what about other octopuses? Read more...
