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

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 ...

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 ...

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

Bolsonaro also received surgery this week to treat a double hernia Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro has received a medical procedure to treat his chronic hiccups, his medical team has said.