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Jamie Lee Curtis has appeared partially or fully nude on screen in several films early and mid-career and has posed topless for at least one major magazine cover and an artistic newspaper photo spread...
Online scam campaigns have been circulating that use deepfaked videos, doctored CNN pages, and false bylines to claim Dr. Sanjay Gupta and others endorse a “Manuka honey” or similar home‑recipe cure f...
Dr. Phil–branded “Sugar Control” or “Sugar Control Keto” gummies are marketed online with customer testimonials and money‑back guarantees, but investigative reporting and watchdog posts flag the promo...
The 2025 tax legislation called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) did not repeal the statutory rules that determine when Social Security benefits are included in taxable income; instead it create...
Claims that Dr. Phil McGraw has a secret “glucose reset” or “diabetes reversal ritual” are part of an online marketing narrative tied to supplements like “Glycopezil Drops” and appear to be fabricated...
There is no reliable reporting that Dr. Phil has identified or recommended any specific "gummie" that kills a parasite in the pancreas; the available fact-checking and medical literature instead show ...
Older men commonly report weaker or delayed orgasms and an increased chance of orgasmic dysfunction as they age; studies and reviews show declines in orgasm intensity, longer refractory periods, and h...
There is no verifiable evidence in the reporting provided that Dr. Phil McGraw licensed his name to Sugar Clean or to the various “Dr. Phil”-branded sugar-control supplements circulating online; indep...
Available sources report that common COVID-19 vaccine side effects — sore arm, fatigue, fever, chills, headache and muscle aches — are usually brief, often resolving within 1–2 days after vaccination ...
The Social Security taxable wage base for 2026 — the maximum earnings subject to the 6.2% OASDI payroll tax — is $184,500; at 6.2% that produces a maximum employee Social Security withholding of about...
The 2025 law creates a temporary, per-person $6,000 “senior” deduction for taxpayers age 65+ (effective 2025–2028) that phases out beginning at $75,000 of modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) for sin...
The RMD formula remains: divide your prior-Dec‑31 account balance by an IRS life‑expectancy/distribution period factor from Publication 590‑B (Uniform Lifetime, Joint and Last Survivor, or Single Life...
Filing as Married Filing Separately (MFS) disqualifies a taxpayer from claiming the new senior deduction created by the 2025 law, and historically MFS filers face far less favorable treatment of Socia...
New York State does not tax Social Security benefits for residents: Social Security (including Tier 1 railroad and disability benefits) that appear on federal adjusted gross income can be subtracted w...
Dr. Sanjay Gupta repeatedly warns against high sugar and ultra‑processed foods and recommends cutting back on red and processed meats to protect brain health; his AARP and Keep Sharp–related guidance ...
Available sources document that Dr. Mehmet Oz has discussed tinnitus and highlighted potential treatments (including transcranial magnetic stimulation and hearing aids/CBT-style approaches) in medical...
Federal rules affecting how much of Social Security is taxed at the federal level will change in 2026 (including a new senior deduction and a shift in taxable wage base), and most states already do no...
AIPAC’s recent spending on elections and lobbying places it among the largest single-issue political players in Washington: AIPAC and its super PAC reported roughly $95.1 million on the 2024 elections...
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania does not tax Social Security benefits at the state level, but the federal government can and does tax a portion of Social Security benefits for many recipients dependi...
Available reporting shows Dr. Sanjay Gupta has publicly discussed nutrition, lifestyle and general supplement safety on CNN and related outlets, but CNN and Gupta himself have been explicitly tied to ...