The method involves stimulating the vagus nerve — the communication superhighway between your brain and major organs — in a ...

This one generates more pressure than a typical straw when you sip from it, which causes the diaphragm to lower. At the same ...

The act of swallowing requires suction, stimulating the vagus nerve and helping reset the diaphragm’s erratic movements.

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.

Another school of thought for curing hiccups suggests doing something to distract your brain or stimulate your vagus nerve. For example, you could put some sugar on the back of your tongue and ...

An curved arrow pointing right. NYU otolaryngologist Dr. Erich Voigt tells us the one thing that he does to stop every single case of hiccups. Follow BI Video: On Twitter More from Video NYU ...

A study published June 18 in JAMA Network Open shows 90.8 percent of 249 study participants using a new hiccup intervention called a “forced inspiratory suction and swallow tool (FISST)” say the ...

Gupta goes through a few “curious cures” that you can find online, like eating eggplant to induce labor (that would be a no) or eating sugar to stop hiccups (yes!). “Sugar is actually ...