Peru's health officials believe people in the Ubinas volcano region are in danger of suffering serious health risks, even if the volcano never erupts.

According to the Peruvian Health Ministry's General Health and Atmospheric Directive (DIGESA), residents of nearby villages could contract "bronchial problems, asthma, irritation in the trachea and headaches

The numbers of reported cases of the mumps continues to rise in the Midwest United States, spreading now to Colorado.

Iowa is currently at the center of the outbreak, where the state's Department of Public Health says there are 1,120 confirmed, probable and suspect cases, coming from 69 out of Iowa's 99 counties

The mumps epidemic in Iowa continued to widen this week and reached 605 cases by Thursday, public health officials said.

Although the highest concentration of cases remained in eastern Iowa, the virus that causes mumps has infected at least one person in half of the state's 99 counties

Nearly 50 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, defined as any physical discomfort lasting for at least six months.

Common forms of chronic pain include headaches, backaches, arthritis, respiratory conditions, and ailments caused by sports injuries or other traumas, such as car accidents

While migraine headaches are common in teenagers, they are substantially under-treated, concludes a study of nearly 19,000 12-to-19-year-olds. Over a one-year period, 5 percent of boys and close to 8 percent of girls had frequent migraines.

About 60 percent of the teens who suffered migraines used only over-the-counter drugs to treat their symptoms; 17 percent used prescription medications; and 22 percent used both over-the-counter and prescription drugs