PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - There's nothing like having a nice meal and all of a sudden - hiccups hit. Persistent and relentless what did you do to cause them, can they be harmful, and how do you stop them?

Very few of us haven't experienced those strange sounds known as hiccups that sometimes escape our mouths without warning. It's an occurrence we frequently find funny when it happens to others, but it ...

There’s nothing like a bad case of hiccups to ruin an otherwise enjoyable evening of greasy food and excellent drink. I’m talking about hiccups that rip through your body like a seizure, giving you a ...

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 ...

MINNEAPOLIS — They happen to the best of us and, once they start, there's often no controlling them. Hiccups are a part of life, but a Wisconsin doctor believes they may be closer to an actual cure.

"A simple and effective way to stop the hiccups — drip lemon juice or lime juice into the back of the throat," he said in a recent video. "It’ll stop them almost immediately." The doctor, who has ...

This could happen to anybody. We laugh too hard or eat too fast and suddenly we're stuck with hiccups that can last for minutes or even hours. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: Writer Uri Bram was out with his ...

"Nicotine hiccups" sound made up. But experts say they're a real phenomenon. Recent data on drug side effects found that nicotine was associated with the hiccups, according to a 2021 study looking at ...