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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scuba diving is a great family activity to do when on holiday. However, the activity can cause problems such as the bends. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT We use your sign-up to provide content ...

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.