It may not rank among the top 10 causes of death, but decompression sickness can be fatal. Instead of waiting for symptoms to appear, a University of Houston professor is developing a laser-based ...
Last week the HSE announced that the chamber, which is used to treat divers suffering from potentially fatal decompression sickness ? commonly known as ?the bends?, was to close until September 2008 ...
A fisherman who swelled up to double his size when he got the bends is still suffering from the horrific deformity four years on. Alejandro Ramos Martinez has bravely shown off his swollen body caused ...