Ever felt like your hiccups would never stop? For Chris Sands, that was his reality for 3 years before the cause of his hiccups was diagnosed. Find out what is a hiccup and what causes a hiccup, ...

Hiccups are sudden, involuntary contractions of the diaphragm, the muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen and plays a key role in breathing. These contractions cause the vocal cords to close ...

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.

Dear Heloise: I like your tips in the Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch. I have to offer my tip to stop hiccups instantly. To stop hiccups, hold about 20 milliliters water in your mouth and at the ...