Hiccup Remedies to the Rescue

Type "cure for the hiccups" into Google and you'll get 1.4 million results. And some of the remedies—an ice-cold butter knife applied to the forehead—are downright wacky…Philip Hagen, a physician in preventive medicine at the Mayo Clinic, offers some proven remedies for "common hiccups," ones that last less than 48 hours.