tonight I had a case of the Hiccups, which lasted for over 20 minutes. I asked #cooking (on irc.arstechnica.com) what to do, and the suggestion of "wasabi" was put forth. <BR><BR>As a slave to the ...

Caught a bad case of the hiccups? Chances are you've already been offered 10 different ideas on how to get rid of them: a spoonful of sugar, drinking water from the wrong side of the cup, a series of ...

Eating spicy or acidic foods, drinking carbonated or alcoholic drinks, eating too much in one sitting, or eating too fast can all contribute to hiccups after eating. Everyone will experience hiccups ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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

Hiccups are caused by spasms in your diaphragm, the large muscle just below your lungs. Some people have chronic hiccups that last for days, weeks, or years. Hiccups happen when your diaphragm ...

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 ...