While hiccups are usually harmless and short-lived, they can, in rare circumstances, become medically significant ...

It’s a universal truth that having the hiccups is annoying. Imagine getting a case of the hiccups before you have to lead a work meeting or when you’re on a date. Mortifying, right? Beyond that, some ...

Brazil’s jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro was recently reported to have undergone three medical treatments to stop a ...

Hiccups are usually an unserious involuntary spasm of the organs but in some situations a little serious and pointers to these underlying health issues! It is characterized by a gulping sound with a ...

Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, underwent a medical procedure on Saturday afternoon at a hospital in Brasília to treat a bout of persistent hiccups. The intervention, described as ...

Most people think of hiccups as a minor annoyance. They normally last a few minutes and disappear as suddenly and mysteriously as they arrived. But some people experience chronic hiccups that last for ...

Q: I'm writing to you in hopes that you have a solution to an unusual problem. My 74-year-old brother is a cancer survivor, and has had the hiccups for more than nine months. He has had a lot of tests ...

Medical education is intense, expensive and focused on the idea of “evidence-based medicine” (EBM). The idea of home remedies is usually framed as outmoded, unscientific and potentially harmful.