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emad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-04 10:57 AM
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Op cures two-year bout of hiccups
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Surgeons have succeeded in curing a man who had non-stop hiccups for two years.

The hiccup attack started after Shane Shafer, 50, from Texas, had a stroke.

He is believed to have become the first person in the world to undergo surgery to fit a device to control stimulation of a major nerve.

When the implant was activated following the surgery at Louisiana State University, Mr Shafer's hiccups stopped, and have not as yet returned.

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