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

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

Hiccups: What Are They , and How Can You Stop Them?. CNN reports despite incredible advances in the fields of medicine and ...

Discover the science behind hiccups, their causes, remedies, and when to seek medical attention for persistent symptoms.

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 ...

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 ...

Hiccups are an involuntary contraction of the diaphragm that causes your vocal cords to close quickly, creating the all-too-familiar “hic” sound. You’ve likely experienced them. And if you have, ...

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 ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a healthy 64-year-old man. I got a terrible rash from poison ivy and needed to be put on prednisone. After a few days, I started having terrible hiccups. They’ve been going on for ...