Barry Bittman MDSeptember 11th struck America in the heart, and our nation’s wound continues to ooze with ongoing terrorist threats. Everyone seems to be on guard to varying degrees. Some appear more threatened than others. Feelings are mixed, uncertainty is...
It dawned on me suddenly not more than 10 minutes into a presentation I was giving at a recent symposium for Exceptional Cancer Patients (ECaP) in Michigan. The topic was "survival" as it relates to the extraordinary challenges of living with cancer...
Nothing has more immediate shock value than an unexpected crisis. According to ABC News, "A recent poll shows seven out of ten Americans have felt depressed since the attacks." For peace loving people, recent acts of terrorism at the World Trade...
Four thunderous roars crack the silence. Cacophony ensues. The noise begins to settle and so does the dust…as the tragic symphony progressively unfolds. The first movement is easily discernableæ New York, Washington D.C. and rural Pennsylvania...
A generation without a cause beyond themselves. That's how I've described our nation’s young men and women in recent years. I assumed their perspective and their resolve wouldn't change. Yet I was wrong. It already has. September 11, 2001 will go...
Life goes on. Scars of terrorism continue to tear at our souls. We strive forward - as individuals, families, communities and a nation. The status quo has been reset. The pursuit of happiness has been threatened. Freedom and safety are no longer...
The week of September 11th passed in a cloud of dust that will ever-so-slowly settle. Seemingly the world is not the same. We are not the same. Suddenly waiting in line doesn’t seem to matter anymore. Next day delivery isn’t a priority. That...
Just when it seems like we’re advancing in the treatment of breast cancer, one of the most dreaded diseases any woman could ever face, we seem to be losing ground. And it’s not the disease that’s beating us. Rather it’s an...
They want you to believe it’s a political battlefield divided along lines of morality. They anticipate we’ll be gullible enough to accept that a man sitting in the Oval Office with a group of politicians and legislators will determine the...
In "On Being Human: the delinquents" Barry Bittman, M.D. shares a shocking story of orphaned adolescent elephants who taunted and attached rhinos. When placed into an environment with adult elephants to model appropriate behavior, these adolescents...
