Hiccups, those sudden diaphragm spasms, are usually harmless and brief, often triggered by eating or stress. However, ...

Hiccups are an uncomfortable bodily phenomenon that most people know far better than they likely would prefer. During the occurrence, your diaphragm, the primary breathing muscle, experiences an ...

Everyone gets the hiccups. The unmistakable, sudden muscle movements and distinct "hic" sound are an all too common occurrence, especially while eating or drinking. While hiccups are usually brief and ...

From standing on your head and pressing on your eyeballs to breathing through a paper bag and chewing on a lemon, people will do just about anything to get rid of hiccups. The sudden, involuntary ...

NHS England said patients last winter sought help for a variety of minor ailments suitable for primary care, including 8,669 ...

Hundreds of thousands of people with issues such as blocked noses, sore throats and earache went to accident and emergency in ...

Hundreds of thousands of patients attended A&E last winter for everyday niggles such as hiccups and ingrowing nails, according to shocking new NHS data. There were more than 200,000 A&E attendances ...

Last winter patients went to A&E for a variety of illnesses which officials say could have been handled by GPs or pharmacists ...

Emergency departments are being clogged up by people with hiccups, ingrown toenails and sore throats, NHS data shows. More ...

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More than 200,000 people were treated in A&E last year for conditions which could have been dealt with elsewhere, including ...