While hiccups are typically short-lived, they can also be painful, loud and disruptive—especially if they last hours (or more!). But what causes hiccups, and how can you get rid of them? Here, doctors ...

Most of us get the hiccups from time to time. While they can be annoying, they generally go away on their own before too long. But sometimes a stubborn case of the hiccups can go on for minutes or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Female drinking from a cold glass of water. (Getty Images) (Getty Images) Everyone gets the hiccups. The unmistakable, sudden ...

Hiccups lasting over 48 hours are classified as persistent, and those continuing for more than a month as “intractable hiccups”, a rare and often debilitating condition more common in men over 50.

Bouts of hiccups that last longer than two days are considered persistent. You should seek medical treatment if hiccups interfere with sleeping, breathing, or eating, or if you have other symptoms.

Hiccups are sudden, involuntary contractions of the diaphragm, the muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen and plays a key role in breathing. These contractions cause the vocal cords to close ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a healthy 64-year-old man. I got a terrible rash from poison ivy and needed to be put on prednisone. After a few days, I started having terrible hiccups. They’ve been going on for ...

Someone get Dax Shepard a cup of water. The "Armchair Expert" podcast host found himself in quite the pickle when he started hiccuping out of nowhere early last week. While patiently waiting for it to ...

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

Hiccups that just won't quit are almost as annoying as being stuck in traffic for hours...with a crying baby...and no air conditioning. We may be exaggerating here, but this mysterious bodily function ...