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For instance, some less-than-successful hiccup remedies of yore include sipping water upside down (and subsequently trying to not drown), holding one's breath for a long time (and often hiccupping throughout the hold anyway), sucking on a peppermint, gagging oneself or pulling on the tongue, and even gobbling up a spoonful of peanut butter to help change the breathing and swallowing pattern.
The truth is those ideas are mostly a waste of breath. Luckily, one San Antonio doctor has invented a device that supposedly instantly relieves hiccups - and his invention is getting so much attention that he's even hooked a chance to pitch the product on a new episode of ABC's entrepreneurial-focused reality show, Shark Tank.
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