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Super! Benedict Cumberbatch saves cyclist from muggers

Reuters
Posted at Jun 02 07:06 PM

British actor Benedict Cumberbatch, known for his portrayal of fictional crime-fighter Sherlock Holmes and comic book superhero Doctor Strange in the Marvel movies, has been hailed a hero for chasing away four assailants as they mugged a cyclist in London. Read more »

ABS-CBN to air Korea's 'Doctor Crush'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 07 01:36 PM

ABS-CBN is set to air South Korea's 2016 hit series "Doctor Crush" starting Monday, May 7. Read more »

Sundalong doktor, halos 2 linggo nang nawawala

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 21 07:41 AM

Humihingi ng tulong ang pamilya ng isang doktor ng AFP na magdadalawang linggo nang nawawala. Read more »

'Aide' app matches patients to doctors

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 12:31 AM

Medical care is now in the palm of your hands, as scheduling an appointment with a doctor nowadays is as easy as can be via your smart phone. Read more »

Surgeon fined for branding initials on patients' livers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 13 03:21 AM

A surgeon who admitted branding his initials on the livers of two patients undergoing transplants at a British hospital was fined Friday and sentenced to carry out unpaid community work. Read more »

'Tinuro' lang: Babae sa viral video, itinangging sinaktan ang taxi driver

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 27 09:09 PM

MAYNILA - (UPDATE) Itinanggi ng babaeng drayber ng pribadong sasakyan na sinampal o sinaktan niya ang isang taxi driver na nakaalitan niya sa Congressional Avenue, Quezon City nitong Disyembre 17. Read more »

Fil-Am doctor honored for saving lives in Vegas shooting

Bev Llorente, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Posted at Nov 11 05:33 PM

From print media to international, local, and national television stations, Filipino-American Dr. Kevin Menes is being lauded for his emergency room skills, put to the test during the night of the deadly Oct. 1 Las Vegas shooting.    Read more »

‘Mga babaeng doktor, mas malaki ang tiyansang ma-depress'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 02 05:54 PM

Lumabas sa isang pag-aaral sa Amerika na mas malaki ang tiyansang ma-depress ang mga babaeng doktor kumpara sa mga lalaking doktor.   Read more »

UST grad tops physician licensure exam

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 22 10:02 PM

The PRC announced Friday that 3,340 out of 4,064 examinees passed the Physician Licensure Examination given this month. Read more »

BBC names first female Doctor Who

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 01:24 AM

The lead role in British sci-fi television series "Doctor Who" will be played by a woman for the first time in its more than 50-year history, the BBC said on Sunday.   Read more »

Gunman kills doctor, wounds 6 others in New York hospital rampage

Laila Kearney and Melissa Fares, Reuters
Posted at Jul 01 01:40 PM

NEW YORK - A doctor who had lost his job at a New York City hospital opened fire with an assault rifle inside the building on Friday, killing another physician and wounding six other people before taking his own life in a burst of apparent workplace-related violence, officials said. Read more »

Pinoy doctor found guilty of sexual battery in U.S.

Henni Espinosa, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 01 05:27 AM

A jury in South Florida, U.S. has found a 62-year old Filipino doctor guilty of sexual battery. Read more »

Buhay sa 'night shift' bibigyang liwanag sa "Mukha" sa Sunday's Best

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 01:34 PM

Habang tulog ang nakararami, gising na gising naman ang mga Pilipinong nagta-trabaho buong gabi para siguraduhin ang kaligtasan ng mga mamamayan at kaayusan ng ekonomiya tulad ng mga mangingisda, doktor, mamamahayag, security guard, call center agent, at iba pa. Read more »

1 patay, 16 sugatan sa aksidente sa Tagum City

Claire Cornelio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 28 10:15 AM

TAGUM CITY- Isang doktora ang nasawi habang 16 naman ang sugatan nang maaksidente ang sinasakyan nilang van Huwebes ng umaga sa national highway sa Barangay Canocotan. Read more »

LOOK: Cops release sketch of gunman in doctor’s slay

Jasper Acosta, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 22 04:19 PM

The Cotabato City Police Office has released a computerized facial composite of the alleged gunman behind the slay of barrio doctor Shahid 'Jaja' Sinolinding on Tuesday.   Read more »

Wanted sa Saudi, Germany: 1,000 medical workers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 27 11:33 AM

Mahigit 1,000 Pilipinong medical professionals ang kailangan ngayon sa Saudi Arabia at Germany. Read more »

Why Erap and GMA turned down UP honorary degree

Ivy Jean Vibar, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 20 09:43 PM

MANILA – While the country’s premier state university traditionally offers honorary degrees to Philippine heads of state, not all have accepted, such as former chief executives, Manila Mayor Joseph “Erap” Estrada and Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and now President Rodrigo Duterte.  Read more »

UP Student Regent condemns plan to confer honorary degree to Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 19 02:10 AM

The student regent of the University of the Philippines (UP) on Tuesday denounced the planned conferment of an honorary degree on President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Doctor, guard killed in Cotabato; gunman posed as 'patient'

Lore Mae Andong, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 18 01:59 PM

A doctor and his security escort were shot dead by a gunman who posed as a patient inside the Cotabato Doctors Clinic in Cotabato City Tuesday. Read more »

US doctor charged with genital mutilation on girls

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 14 08:56 AM

NEW YORK, United States - A US doctor in Detroit has been arrested and charged with carrying out female genital mutilation on girls aged six to eight, prosecutors said Thursday. Read more »