2017 Tax Brackets. Every year, the IRS adjusts more than 40 tax provisions for inflation. This is done to prevent what is called âbracket creep.â This is the phenomenon by which people are pushed into higher income tax brackets or have reduced value from credits or deductions due to inflation, instead of any increase in real income. The IRS uses the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to calculate the past yearâs inflation and adjusts income thresholds, deduction amounts, and credit values accordingly.
Although most people with a history of vasovagal, situational, or postural causes of fainting do not require hospitalization, many doctors prefer to have anyone that faints or has a short loss of consciousness be examined by a health care professional.
Hot flashes or flushes are the second most frequent symptom associated with menopause. When they occur with often- drenching perspiration during the night, they're called night sweats. Hot flashes are the body's way of cooling itself down. Abrupt changes in the body's thermostat in the brain can cause it to mistakenly sense that you're too warm. So blood vessels dilate and blood rushes to the surface of the skin to cool the body. That's why you get the red, flushed look on your face and neck.