While hiccups are usually harmless and short-lived, they can, in rare circumstances, become medically significant ...

Brazil’s jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro was recently reported to have undergone three medical treatments to stop a ...

Very few of us haven't experienced those strange sounds known as hiccups that sometimes escape our mouths without warning. It's an occurrence we frequently find funny when it happens to others, but it ...

From standing on your head and pressing on your eyeballs to breathing through a paper bag and chewing on a lemon, people will do just about anything to get rid of hiccups. The sudden, involuntary ...

Hiccups are repeated spasms or sudden movements of the diaphragm that you can’t control. The diaphragm is the muscle that separates your chest from your stomach area and plays an important role in ...

In total, the researchers identified 8466 patients who were diagnosed with hiccups during the study period but before a potential cancer diagnosis. The vast majority (89%) were men. The incidence rate ...

Medical education is intense, expensive and focused on the idea of “evidence-based medicine” (EBM). The idea of home remedies is usually framed as outmoded, unscientific and potentially harmful.

Everyone has had hiccups at one time in their life. Even if you think you've managed to dodge this strange physical phenomenon, babies in the womb can actually get hiccups, so you may have had them ...

Most people think of hiccups as a minor annoyance. They normally last a few minutes and disappear as suddenly and mysteriously as they arrived. But some people experience chronic hiccups that last for ...