Maybe it's just me, but six days seems like a long time to have the hiccups. Let's double-check with my wife. My sainted wife, that is. "The other night," she says, "I almost smothered you with a ...

NEW YORK - A Florida teenager is desperate for help. She cannot stop hiccupping. Jennifer Mee started to hiccup on January 23. She appeared on the Today Show on Friday morning, hoping someone - anyone ...

So after the third time in a row, my wife finally admits my method literally ALWAYS works. I present it to the Lounge so that you too may benefit from my discovery (I have run into one other person in ...

Sometimes medical breakthroughs come from deep thought and research, and sometimes it's just being a first-year nurse and not wanting the patients to think you're drunk. Mary McCarthy Kaunelis is ...

It started with a hiccup. I was eating a sandwich while interviewing a guy in a restaurant and I hiccuped. Then I couldn’t swallow right. The food lodged near the sternum like the overturned dump ...

Emily Gochenaur tensed her stomach, pressed her lips together and prayed she could hold in the hiccups. She wanted to cross the stage, take the diploma and shake all of the hands before her vocal ...

Q: Years ago while eating in a restaurant, I started hiccuping badly. I asked the bartender for his suggestion, and he gave me a slice of lime with a few drops of Angostura bitters. I sucked on the ...

Q. My cat gets the hiccups and sometimes belches. I’ve always had a cat, but this is my first male, and he’s a sweetheart. Do male cats in particular get hiccups? What should I do about it? A. ‘In my ...