You may experience sharp pain near your ribs when you laugh or during a hiccup. The pain may get intense in late pregnancy.

Most sounds from your body are perfectly normal, if slightly embarrassing. But they can also suggest medical issues. Tanith Carey reveals what they mean ...

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 bout of persistent hiccups ...

A 14-week-old puppy has recovered after undergoing life-saving surgery for a rare condition, thanks to the care, skills and ...

A hiatal hernia is a common anatomical abnormality in which part of the stomach protrudes or herniates through the diaphragm and up into the esophagus or chest. If the stomach gets stuck in the defect ...

The respected strength coach broke down his science-backed chest workout from top-to-bottom, hitting all areas of the key muscle. Many struggle with chest muscle growth due to workout plateaus and ...

Chest pain when swallowing is usually due to problems with your esophagus, including esophagitis and motility disorders that affect the movement of food down the esophagus. Esophageal injuries caused ...

You may have rolled your eyes as a teen when an adult told you to “stand up straight” or “stop hunching your shoulders,” but they had a good point: poor posture can lead to misalignment, muscle and ...

Hepatopulmonary fusion (HPF) is a rare comorbidity of right-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). The mortality rate of CDH with HPF is high, and the optimal approach and timing for surgical ...