Everyone gets the hiccups. The unmistakable, sudden muscle movements and distinct "hic" sound are an all too common occurrence, especially while eating or drinking. While hiccups are usually brief and ...

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 ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Key Takeaways Gently pressing on your eyeballs can stop hiccups by stimulating your vagus ...

(The Conversation) – We all get hiccups from time to time, and sometimes they just won’t seem to go away. Hiccups are involuntary contractions of the diaphragm – the muscle separating your chest from ...

Do hiccups really bother you? Well, there are several home remedies that you can try to get rid of hiccups immediately. Basically, hiccups occur when a person has a sudden, involuntary spasm or ...

Drinking cold water while having hiccups can help get rid of them as it helps restore the rhythm of the diaphragm.

Hiccups are a nuisance, especially when they show up at an embarrassing moment, or they won't dissipate easily. But the reason they happen has been something of a mystery. A new study from the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (The Conversation) – We all get hiccups from ...