(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 ...

When it comes to getting rid of those pesky little diaphragm spasms we call hiccups, it seems everyone and their mother—literally—has a tried-and-true method. While some make sense from a medical ...

Hiccups are not a particularly serious medical condition, but that doesn’t make them any less annoying. Knowing how to get rid of hiccups fast is an important life skill, especially if they ...

So after the third time in a row, my wife finally admits my method literally ALWAYS works. I present it to the Lounge so that you too may benefit from my discovery (I have run into one other person in ...

There is nothing quite as annoying and embarrassing as hiccups especially when they go on for a long period of time. Hiccups are basically involuntary contractions of the diaphragm muscles. According ...

A case of the hiccups sure can be funny — at least, to the observer. You feel a flip-flopping in your chest, your body jerks and jumps, and the telltale "hic" escapes your mouth sometimes quietly, ...

From standing on your head and pressing on your eyeballs to breathing through a paper bag and chewing on a lemon, people will do just about anything to get rid of hiccups. The sudden, involuntary ...