Hiccups are essentially involuntary contractions (or spasms) of the diaphragm, the muscle that aids us in breathing. Each contraction comes with a sudden closing of the vocal cords, creating that ...

Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, underwent a medical procedure on Saturday afternoon at a hospital in Brasília to treat a bout of persistent hiccups. The intervention, described as ...

SAO PAULO, Dec 30 - Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who was temporarily released from prison last week for hernia treatment, underwent an unscheduled procedure on Tuesday to treat ...

70-year-old ex-president is serving a 27-year prison sentence for an attempted coup Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has undergone a medical procedure to treat recurrent hiccups. AFP Brasmlia ...

Brasília, Brazil: Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro underwent a medical procedure Saturday to treat recurrent hiccups he has been dealing with for months, according to his medical team. The 70 ...

Former Brazilian president underwent a phrenic nerve block while temporarily released from prison for surgery Jair Bolsonaro underwent a second “phrenic nerve block procedure” on Monday to treat ...

SAO PAULO, Dec 29 - Brazil's imprisoned former President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday underwent a medical procedure to treat persistent hiccups for the second time in three days. The doctors carried out a ...

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro underwent "a phrenic nerve block procedure" on Saturday to treat his persistent hiccups, his wife, Michelle Bolsonaro, said on social media. The former ...

SAO PAULO, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro underwent "a phrenic nerve block procedure" on Saturday to treat his persistent hiccups, his wife, Michelle Bolsonaro, said on ...

Bolsonaro also received treatment for his chronic hiccups on Saturday. Brazil's jailed former president, Jair Bolsonaro, has undergone a third medical procedure over four days to treat persistent ...

Bolsonaro also received surgery this week to treat a double hernia Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro has received a medical procedure to treat his chronic hiccups, his medical team has said.