Hiccups, those sudden diaphragm spasms, are usually harmless and brief, often triggered by eating or stress. However, ...

A recently conducted study found that for some patients, chemotherapy-induced hiccups were worse than nausea and vomiting. Hiccups lasting for days, weeks or longer may be an underreported side effect ...

Investigators sought to examine the connection between a diagnosis of cancer within 12 months following a diagnosis of hiccups ...

A hiccup usually means one of just a very few things: You ate that burger way too fast, you washed it down with that beer way too fast, or you got a little overexcited that you were about to have a ...

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 ...

Everyone gets hiccups, but some people suffer intractable hiccups that last longer than a month. Intractable hiccups can occur more often than we realize and present to multiple medical disciplines, ...

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 ...

Hiccups that don't go away after 48 hours can persist but after a month, they're called intractable. Also called intractable sigultus, the word means "gasp" or "sob" in Latin. And if your hiccups ...

ZEELAND, Mich. (WOTV) — They seem harmless. A case of the hiccups can sometimes even be funny, but not for one West Michigan girl. Karley Reidzans, 17, has had the hiccups for nearly two years. For ...

New parents often find themselves puzzled by their newborn’s frequent hiccups. Those tiny, rhythmic spasms can seem alarming at first, especially when they occur multiple times a day. But are hiccups ...

"I've had the hiccups since last July," the former pro athlete said. Most of us would agree hiccups are downright frustrating, but just imagine having them all the time. That’s what former ...