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(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 ...

This could happen to anybody. We laugh too hard or eat too fast and suddenly we're stuck with hiccups that can last for minutes or even hours. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: Writer Uri Bram was out with his ...

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 ...

"A simple and effective way to stop the hiccups — drip lemon juice or lime juice into the back of the throat," he said in a recent video. "It’ll stop them almost immediately." The doctor, who has ...

Hiccups, scientifically known as singultus, are involuntary diaphragm contractions often triggered by eating or drinking.

Get those gloves ready because this hiccup hack requires a real hands-on approach. Pinkie promise — it works. A 1990 case study tells the seemingly bizarre story of a 60-year-old man coming into the ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...