Discover the science behind hiccups, their causes, remedies, and when to seek medical attention for persistent symptoms.

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 ...

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 ...

Most of the time they’re a minor annoyance — if that. They come, and they go, typically in a matter of minutes. But sometimes hiccups — an involuntary spasm or contraction of the diaphragm after which ...

There is simply no way to expect hiccups. They happen suddenly and all we can do is drink a lot of water in the hopes that they will go away. Usually, hiccups are not a serious problem. But they're ...

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 you get hiccups, it might seem like they are coming out of nowhere – and before you know it, they’re gone. To find out exactly why hiccups happen, I talked to my friend Dr. Luisita Francis, a ...