Hiccups are repeated spasms or sudden movements of the diaphragm that are, naturally, outside your control. The spasms cause your vocal cords to close, producing the characteristic “hic” sound ...

For humans, it offers no useful value, only an often embarrassing case of hiccups. OK, first of all: this actually happens very, very rarely, so please don’t panic. Charles Osborne from Iowa ...

The intense flavour and acidity can stimulate nerves and stop hiccups Lie down, turn your head to one side, and gently massage the carotid artery in your neck for 5–10 seconds to stimulate nerves ...

Or you could try and give yourself a fright. But, hiccups are very hard to study and even harder to induce, so while the mechanism seems obvious many of these ‘cures’ don’t have a vast ...

I always get hiccups, so a lot of my friends have been giving me suggestions for cures. The best cure for hiccups happens to be hopping around in a circle and saying "pineapple" five times.