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 ...

Brazil's imprisoned former president, Jair Bolsonaro, has undergone a second medical procedure in just three days to treat ...

It’s a universal truth that having the hiccups is annoying. Imagine getting a case of the hiccups before you have to lead a work meeting or when you’re on a date. Mortifying, right? Beyond that, some ...

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 ...

You know that moment when your diaphragm decides to throw a tantrum right in the middle of an important meeting, a romantic dinner, or literally any time you need to appear like a normal functioning ...

Q: I'm writing to you in hopes that you have a solution to an unusual problem. My 74-year-old brother is a cancer survivor, and has had the hiccups for more than nine months. He has had a lot of tests ...

Living with nearly nonstop hiccuping continues for Bill Holloway of Covington. In spring, Holloway went public with a personal account of chronic hiccups. The 85-year-old retiree has the hiccups ...

The 70-year-old had suffered with the spasms for nine months, his wife says, and was already in hospital for hernia surgery.

Brazil's jailed former president, Jair Bolsonaro, has undergone a third medical procedure over four days to treat persistent hiccups. Doctors performed a third operation to block his phrenic nerve.