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Betahistine, sold under the brand name Serc among others, is an anti-vertigo medication.It is commonly prescribed for balance disorders or to alleviate vertigo symptoms.It was first registered in Europe in 1970 for the treatment of Ménière's disease, but current evidence does not support its efficacy in treating it.
Maryland's 8th congressional district is concentrated almost entirely in Montgomery County, with a small portion in Prince George's County. [3] Adjacent to Washington, D.C., the 8th district takes in many of the city’s wealthiest inner-ring suburbs, including Bethesda, Chevy Chase, and Potomac.
Immediately to the north, MD 8 meets US 50/US 301 (Blue Star Memorial Highway) at a diamond interchange; this interchange, Exit 37, is the first exit east of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. The highway's name changes to Business Parkway at the interchange, shortly before MD 8 reaches its northern terminus at MD 18.
[7] [8] The airline had experienced a previous fatal accident in March 2005. [9] [10] The aircraft involved in the accident was a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, originally delivered to Continental Airlines in 1986 as N72824. It was put into storage for 3 years, and then sold to West Caribbean in early 2005. [11]
The flight crew consisted of 58-year-old Captain José Darriba, [7]: 5 out of 14,388 total flight hours, 1,400 were on the MD-80; [8]: 7 and 28-year-old First Officer Pablo Peña [7]: 6 had 269 hours of experience on the MD-80, out of 822 total flight hours. [8]: 8 Captain Darriba was the pilot monitoring, while First Officer Peña was flying ...
Two people were killed and 12 families displaced after a Maryland house exploded Sunday amid reports of a possible gas leak, fire officials said. Firefighters were called to the area around 6:40 a ...
View west along MD 18A at MD 8 in Stevensville. The mainline of MD 18 consists of four internally suffixed sections. MD 18A runs 5.39 miles (8.67 km) from Love Point south and east through Stevensville to a roundabout at Castle Marina Road in Chester. MD 18B extends 7.94 miles (12.78 km) from the same roundabout east through Chester, Kent ...
The Pratt & Whitney/Allison 578-DX was an experimental aircraft engine, a hybrid between a turbofan and a turboprop known as a propfan.The engine was designed in the 1980s to power proposed propfan aircraft such as the Boeing 7J7 and the MD-91 and MD-92 derivatives of the McDonnell Douglas MD-80.