Psychological treatments of lower back pain have a real but modest effect on pain intensity, quality of life, and physical and emotional functioning, a systematic review of recent studies has found. The paper appears in the January issue of Health Psychology.
Researchers reviewed 22 randomized controlled trials that tested psychological treatments for noncancerous chronic lower back […]

Angelina Jolie and her boyfriend Brad Pitt spent Christmas Day with Colombian refugees in Costa Rica, as part of the actress’ work as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Jolie and Pitt arrived Monday and visited a group of refugee children and families and to meet Costa Rican officials, the […]

As dramatic as James Brown’s life, his death is already proving to be another controversial chapter in the souls man’s legacy.
The Augusta Chronicle has a photo of Mr. Brown’s latest wife on her knees with her arms thrust upward dramatically clutching the padlocked gates to their Beach Island, South Carolina estate after being locked out […]

The woman who claimed to have been married to James Brown says she’s been denied access to the home she shared with the late singer and their 5-year-old son.
Brown’s lawyer said Tuesday that Brown and the woman, backup dancer Tomi Rae Hynie, were not legally married and that she was locked out of his South […]

Ben Stiller’s Night at the Museum was the main exhibit at movie theatres, debuting with $30.8-million to lead a rush of new films over the holiday weekend, according to studio estimates on Sunday. Official numbers won’t be released until tomorrowbecause of the Christmas holiday.
Starring Stiller as a guard at a museum where exhibits come alive […]

For as long as people have been drinking, people have been getting hurt, with alcohol playing a role in injuries from the most inconsequential to the most extreme. Few if any doctors would argue that excessive drinking is not an important public health threat.
But a new report suggests that sometimes things are more complicated than […]

Alcoholics may have a chance to hold their craving for alcohol, according to a new research by Australian scientists Monday.
A team from Melbourne’s Howard Florey Institute claimed they have developed a way to stop a drunkard from alcohol by blocking the action of the brain’s orexin system.
According […]

Ftopel writes: “Guillermo Del Toro fought long battles to make “Hellboy,” including his insistence that Ron Perlman play the part. Even though the film did well, he’s still fighting for the sequel. Taking the property from Columbia to Universal Pictures, they’re still ironing out all the details.
“Right now, I can tell you that we […]

The title deserves an F.C.C. fine for unoriginality, but “In the Shadow of the American Dream,” tonight on NBC, does a decent job of translating one of the year’s most bloviated-upon topics, immigration, into human terms. It may also give anyone on a holiday ski trip to Colorado an extra bit of luggage: a small […]

Here’s how the music of the Hardest-Working Man in Show Business evolved during his career:
• Please, Please Please (1956): Brown’s first big hit with the Famous Flames reflected his gospel and blues roots.
• Night Train (1961): Rhythm-heavy groove signaled a move away from standard R&B arrangements.
• Out of Sight (1964): Rawer, even more intense rhythm […]