The OC Weekly reports: No, not the Hiccupop, just a pop. You've tried the usual--plugging your nose
while drinking a glass of water, saying "elephant" three times,
skydiving, dancing naked to Beyonce's "Single Ladies"--but those
pesky hiccups still linger.
Finally, a brainy 13-year-old has a cure--and it's a tasty
one. Mallory Kievman of Connecticut spent two years studying folk remedies and
hiccup-related clinical trials before fusing her favorite three
remedies--lollipops, apple-cider vinegar and sugar--into a single candy treat.
The Hiccupop is a lollipop that overstimulates the nerves in the throat that
are responsible for the hiccups and "cancels out the message to
hiccup," Mashable reports. One study showed that sugar on the back of the
tongue stopped sporadic hiccups in 18 out of 20 patients.....
The eighth-grader is now working
with a team of MBA students to get the lollipop into the hands of real-life
hiccup-sufferers….
Want to know more? Check out http://blogs.ocweekly.com/stickaforkinit/2012/05/hiccupop_hiccup_cure.php
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