While hiccups are usually harmless and short-lived, they can, in rare circumstances, become medically significant ...

Brazil’s jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro was recently reported to have undergone three medical treatments to stop a ...

In total, the researchers identified 8466 patients who were diagnosed with hiccups during the study period but before a potential cancer diagnosis. The vast majority (89%) were men. The incidence rate ...

Medical education is intense, expensive and focused on the idea of “evidence-based medicine” (EBM). The idea of home remedies is usually framed as outmoded, unscientific and potentially harmful.

England’s A&E departments treated more than 200,000 people last winter who could have been handled by GPs or pharmacists, health officials revealed. NHS England said patients sought help for a variety ...

Most people think of hiccups as a minor annoyance. They normally last a few minutes and disappear as suddenly and mysteriously as they arrived. But some people experience chronic hiccups that last for ...

In an unusual case, a man's multiday bout of hiccups was triggered by a respiratory infection. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ...

Those of us working in the NHS have known for a long time the kind of pressure it is under and how A&E is a symptom of general pressures on the NHS. New analysis of NHS data by PA Media found that ...