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 ...

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 ...

Hiccups are sudden, involuntary contractions of the diaphragm that can be uncomfortable and disruptive, often appearing without warning. While they are usually harmless and short-lived, frequent ...

Xiaocen Zhang, MD, is double-board certified in gastroenterology and internal medicine. She is a gastroenterologist at the Tufts Medical Center and an assistant professor at the Tufts University ...