Decompression sickness, also known as the bends, is a bit of a mystery to doctors because it’s not easy to study what’s happening to human cells at super high pressures far below the sea surface.

SYDNEY, March 7 (UPI) -- Medical researchers in Australia have developed a new test to help doctors cheaply, easily and accurately diagnose whether a scuba diver has decompression illness, commonly ...

Among experienced SCUBA divers, patent foramen ovale (PFO) with certain high-risk echocardiographic features increases the risk of decompression illness, also called the bends. Decompression illness ...

A new study headed by researchers at the University of Malta claims to be the first to investigate gene expression changes in scuba divers with decompression sickness (DCS), a potentially deadly ...

A Coast Guard spokesman said Hochstetler ran out of air while diving with two friends in 80 feet of water about two miles off Jupiter. The youth tried breathing from a friend’s air tank, but then ...

SEE a great white shark while scuba diving, and you’ll want to flee, even if surfacing quickly may cause decompression sickness – the bends. In the dinosaur era, marine reptiles had a similar problem.

Emergency services were called to the Portsea Pier, where the patient was assessed, about 10.20am on Sunday. The woman was flown to The Alfred in a serious but stable condition. Meanwhile, emergency ...