The Scarecrow wanted a brain. The Tin Man wanted a heart. And Kaliesha Harris? She only wants to burp. Harris simply can’t let out a belch — even when her stomach is bubbling and she’d really like ...

You likely learned from a young age that burping is inconsiderate. There's some truth to that according to the manners rulebook, but continuous burping for hours may be a sign of something deeper. If ...

A WOMAN who's never been able to burp revealed how extreme bloating leaves her looking "five months pregnant". Kaliesha Rae believes she suffers from a rare condition that prevents her from belching.

People who cannot burp suffer embarrassment, anxiety and depression because of the condition, on top of physical pain, researchers say. Retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction (R-CPD) causes abdominal ...

Burping is one habit that might earn us a telling off when we are children, with it considered by many to be both rude and unpleasant. While this might be the case, it is actually an indicator of ...

Karleen Gribble is a volunteer breastfeeding educator and counsellor with the Australian Breastfeeding Association, a member of the Public Health Association of Australia and the World Public Health ...

Digestive gas gets the best of everyone sooner or later, often in the form of a burp. Burping is how the body clears excess gas from the upper digestive tract, which would otherwise result in ...