We’ve all been there at some point: stricken with hiccups at the worst time. In most cases, waiting a few minutes or trying a home remedy may do the trick. But what exactly causes them? Science has ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – She sipped pickle juice, held her breath, breathed into a bag, even went to a neurologist, but for more than five weeks nothing would stop a 15-year-old girl’s rapid hiccups – ...

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 ...

It happens in the blink of an eye: Your breathing muscles contract, your vocal cords clamp shut, and out comes that unmistakable sound. "Hic." We all get hiccups from time to time. So do cats, rats ...

If I eat spicy food such as a hot curry or a dish with chilli, I consistently get hiccups. Many people get hiccups after consuming carbonated drinks. Why are some foods more likely to cause hiccups?

We admire KHOU-TV meteorologist David Paul's good-natured determination. Check how he handled it when a case of the hiccups hit during his time on the air Monday evening. And in the comments thread, ...

For the last fortnight, 45-year-old Suryanath Mishra has not had a moment's rest, thanks to chronic hiccups. The Boisar man, who owns a textile machinery fabricator workshop, first started hiccupping ...

A Pennsylvania business that markets a device it claims will stop hiccups is being sued by its most famous customer. The parents of Jennifer Mee, the Florida teen who gained notoriety last year for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A hiccup is a repetitive, involuntary contraction of the diaphragm – a muscle that separates the chest from the ...