Hiccups start when something irritates or overstimulates the phrenic nerves which control the diaphragm and/or the vagus ...

Hiccups are sudden movements or repeated spasms of the diaphragm that you can’t control. This sudden inhalation is what ...

Like the vagus nerve operation for ulcers, and pre-frontal lobotomy for insanity (TIME, Dec. 23), cutting the phrenic nerves impairs some internal functions, but doctors have observed no serious ...