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 ...

Hiccups occur when the thin layer of muscle underneath your lungs, your diaphragm, suddenly and involuntarily contracts. As your diaphragm tightens, it causes you take a sharp breath. But this ...

While hiccups are typically short-lived, they can also be painful, loud and disruptive-especially if they last hours (or more ...

Do you have a hiccupy baby? Here at MFM HQ, one of our writers said hers definitely was - even before her daughter was born she was sure she had hiccups in the womb. "Pretty much every night, just as ...

There are lots of myths about hiccups - from peculiar causes to stories about people who’ve had them for several years. But are there any truths to the myths? And what are hiccups a sign of?