While hiccups are typically short-lived, they can also be painful, loud and disruptive—especially if they last hours (or more!). But what causes hiccups, and how can you get rid of them? Here, doctors ...

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 ...

If a glass of water doesn’t cure those diaphragm spasms, you can work with the eyeballs or earlobes … or don a pair of gloves ...

Everyone gets the hiccups. The unmistakable, sudden muscle movements and distinct "hic" sound are an all too common occurrence, especially while eating or drinking. While hiccups are usually brief and ...

What Are Hiccups?- Hiccups are sudden, involuntary spasms of the diaphragm, the muscle located between the lungs and stomach.- This spasm pulls air into the throat, causing the vocal cords to close ...