Heart disease is a very common condition these days, unfortunately. But does it have to mean the end of your scuba diving career? What do you know about heart disease? Get clued up … Heart problems. Photo courtesy: Freepik. It is increasingly likely that when you are...
Why do so many divers (especially dive professionals) smoke? Does it have any effect on people's ability to dive? Does it increase the risk or severity of decompression illness? In this fascinating article we look into the 'why', 'how' and 'so what?' of...
Many asthmatics want to dive, but unfortunately, there are a number of concerns about the effect of asthma on dive safety. Dive physicians have traditionally taken a very conservative approach to asthma in dive fitness assessments. Mention of the word "asthma" and...
We have all read about the risks of injury when diving, whether it involves stings or scrapes, decompression illness or worse. However for most of us, diving is a joy and an activity experienced in relative safety. But have you ever considered the health and wellness...
The bulging truth is that for most of us: with age comes fat. This is the course of nature. What isn't quite chartered by nature is the pandemic of obesity that is affecting vast numbers of the world's population. With not just many North Americans, but also...