(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 ...

There are a lot of superstitions around prolonged hiccups. None of them have been scientifically proven. Hiccups are involuntary and sudden contractions of the diaphragm. When this muscle repeatedly ...

Hiccups come and go at their own free will. They're unexpected, happen often and can be extremely uncomfortable while they last. In medical terms, a hiccup is when there is a sudden contraction of the ...

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 ...

Hiccups are a common occurrence thatcan quickly become irritating. This causes people to come up with a variety of strange and inventive ways to get rid of them. SDF (synchronous diaphragmatic flutter ...

Hiccups are annoying, especially when they just won't quit. If they last more than two days, nonstop hiccups may occasionally be a sign of a medical problem, as they were for one 68-year-old man. In ...

There is nothing quite as annoying and embarrassing as hiccups especially when they go on for a long period of time. Hiccups are basically involuntary contractions of the diaphragm muscles. According ...

Think you can rely on just symptoms to diagnose a Covid-19 coronavrius infection? Well, here’s yet another hiccup in that plan. Or rather a bunch of hiccups. A case report recently published in the ...

As many as 40% of patients with cancer develop hiccups — often unbeknownst to their oncologist. But even if recognized, hiccups may not be treated effectively, according to a national survey of cancer ...