Hiccups are rarely cause for serious concern, but there’s no denying that they can be irritating. We asked doctors to explain how to get rid of hiccups quickly, what causes these spasms, and when you ...

Hiccups are caused by a sudden and involuntary contraction of the diaphragm, a flat sheet of muscle which sits beneath the lungs. This sudden spasm leads to a sharp intake of breath, which is then ...

As hard as it can be to admit, you can have a stroke. Your loved one can have a stroke. Statistically, someone in the United States has a stroke every 40 seconds; every 3 minutes and 14 seconds, ...

Gently pressing on your eyeballs can stop hiccups by stimulating your vagus nerve. Pulling on your tongue, sucking on a lemon, and swallowing ice can also stimulate the vagus nerve and stop hiccups.

Correspondence to Dr Alison Mary Kearney, Department of Palliative and Supportive Care, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, ...

From Hiccup’s workshop comes his latest contraption: a winged flying machine that launches aspiring Dragon Riders into the air, swooping and soaring and encountering Hiccup and Toothless along the way ...