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Is Scuba Diving Safe for Kids?

Diving can be a fantastic experience for children, but it requires careful planning, medical evaluation and safety measures. Here's what you need to know about children and diving.

Recent Articles

Dive Doctor: What Are Skin Bends?

Cutaneous decompression sickness — aka skin bends — is often ignored. Do you recognize the signs?

ASK DAN: Is it Safe to Dive While Taking Cholesterol Medication?

Divers who take cholesterol medication should be aware of some important things.

Failure to Equalize Causes Diver to Make Fatal Mistakes

Pressure leads to panic when failure to equalize causes diver to make fatal mistakes.

Scuba Diving Doctor: Why Did I Get Unexplained DCS (Decompression Sickness)?

Often, decompression sickness can be a random event, and the cause remains unknown. U.S. Navy veteran Dr. James L. Caruso explains potential causes of DCS.

Lessons for Life: Pushed to the Limit

A diver thought he was feeling great on his dive, but he did not realize the trouble he was getting himself into. See what mistakes he made, and what you can do to avoid getting bent.

Lessons for Life: Drugs and Diving Don't Mix

A one-hit wonder suffers fatal consequences from his habit. See how one diver didn't surface because he thought it was OK to get stoned before a cave dive.

Lessons for Life: Alone in a Crowd

Seven scuba divers enter the water for a wreck dive, but only six returned alive. Learn how to stay safe and avoid dive accidents in this latest installment of Lessons for Life.