{
  "id": 3066316,
  "title": "His Hiccups Signaled a Life-Threatening Problem",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/his-hiccups-signaled-a-life-threatening-problem",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-24T15:15:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MedPage Today",
    "slug": "medpage-today",
    "url": "https://www.medpagetoday.com/casestudies/emergencymedicine/122729"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "(MedPage Today) -- A middle-aged man's persistent hiccups were a sign of a much more severe problem, clinicians wrote in a case report. The 55-year-old man first went to a local clinic seeking help for hiccups that lasted more than 2 weeks, as...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}