While hiccups are usually harmless and don't last long in most people, some individuals can experience them chronically.

Caught a bad case of the hiccups? Chances are you've already been offered 10 different ideas on how to get rid of them: a spoonful of sugar, drinking water from the wrong side of the cup ...

"This means that there are parts of the brain which, if damaged by tumor or stroke, can induce hiccups," Kearney says. There's no sure-fire way to get rid of hiccups and they generally resolve on ...

Hiccups occur when the thin layer of muscle underneath your lungs, your diaphragm, suddenly and involuntarily contracts. As your diaphragm tightens, it causes you take a sharp breath. But this ...

But what causes hiccups, and how can you get rid of them? Here, doctors share the reasons behind these muscle spasms, home remedies to treat them and why persistent hiccuping may signal an ...

Once the hiccups start, the most simple and effective way to get rid of newborn hiccups is to wait it out and let them run their course. "It usually makes the parents go crazy because they feel ...

Hiccups seem to be shrouded in myth and mystery, from why we get them to how to get rid of them. Luckily, there are some recent scientific studies that may have discovered their real function.

But are there any truths to the myths? And what are hiccups a sign of? Most of us will get the dreaded ‘hic hic’ at some point, usually followed by a well-intentioned onlooker suggesting a ...

In a bid to get rid of them Buck decides to growl and bark at his hiccups, as if he get can get rid of them that way. While obviously he doesn't get rid of them, watching him try is so sweet.