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 ...

A hiccup is an involuntary spasm of the diaphragm, the muscle between your chest and your abdomen. At best, hiccups are a nuisance. At worst, they could be a symptom of something seriously wrong.

Hiccups are noisy, annoying, and people try some pretty silly things to get rid of them. Spasms in the dome-shaped muscle at the bottom of your chest called the diaphragm are to blame for pesky bouts ...

Hiccups happen when an involuntary spasm in the diaphragm causes the vocal chords to snap shut, which makes that hiccup sound. Everyone grows up with their own family hiccups cure. There's trying to ...

When it comes to getting rid of those pesky little diaphragm spasms we call hiccups, it seems everyone and their mother—literally—has a tried-and-true method. While some make sense from a medical ...

There appears to finally be a cure for hiccups — and yes, there is a purchase required. In an interview with The Atlantic, University of Texas at San Antonio professor and hiccup expert Ali Seifi ...

SAN ANTONIO — One of the most common ailments in the world is hiccups. They're mostly annoying and don't last too long, but one local doctor came up with a way to stop them in their tracks. Dr. Ali ...

The Florida teenager whose chronic hiccups disappeared just as mysteriously as they began five weeks ago plans to go back to school and get on with her life, but worries that the spasms could return. ...

Everyone gets hiccups once in a while. Hiccups can be cute or annoying, depending on how you feel. When a baby hiccups, it’s the cutest thing in the world. On the other hand, when you’re trying to run ...

Hiccups are unquestionably annoying and can really disrupt your day. Chances are you probably have your own home remedy for making them stop. If they work, that’s great, but you may be wondering why ...