Dr. Erik Steele
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Dad's rules for his girls getting jobs
The economy has been so lousy of late I figured I would just keep my girls at home for the next five years working on my to-do list. more
By Dr. Erik Steele | 3/9/10 | 661 views
Dust off ideas on health care
Among the other mothers of invention I know (necessity, alcohol, getting caught by your mother sneaking to an R-rated movie, etc.) is desperation. more
By Dr. Erik Steele | 2/23/10 | 505 views
Health care: desperate measures
With a urinary catheter sticking out of a hole cut into his windpipe, this guy was proof that desperate times call for desperate measures. more
By Dr. Erik Steele | 2/9/10 | 1304 views
Dems, GOP should unite to pass health care reform
If I were king, no politician or health care lobbyist in Washington would have health insurance until every other American had it. They would be the only Americans who could be bankrupted by health … more
By Dr. Erik Steele | 1/26/10 | 1384 views
State’s failure to pay its bills hurts Blue Hill hospital
Lawmakers in Augusta soon will be kicking around the idea of drop-kicking our little hospital in Blue Hill with another $400,000 annual cut in state reimbursement for the care of Maine Medicaid, aka MaineCare, patients. more
By Dr. Erik Steele | 1/12/10 | 1057 views
Recognizable errors lead to mistakes of a lifetime
Why does a guy as smart as Tiger Woods act as though he has the IQ of a putter? Why is it that so many of us do stupid things that may ruin lives? more
By Dr. Erik Steele | 12/29/09 | 888 views
Womenfolk spur change for holidays
It’s time to turn off the power tools, put down the toilet seat, and stop tossing the Victoria’s Secret catalogs in the trash, because the women who are our children are coming home for … more
By Dr. Erik Steele | 12/15/09 | 1086 views
Medical experts can help curb costs
If it really ticks you off that a panel of medical experts recently suggested many women may need fewer mammograms than has been recommended in the past, then put your head in the mammogram machine and gently tighten the screws until you smarten up, because those experts did just what we want them to. more
By Dr. Erik Steele | 12/1/09 | 1228 views
Wolf of worry plagues caregiver of living dead
I see the living dead occasionally. They are the patients whose cause of illness is so potentially lethal it will kill them within hours or days if I miss it or mistreat it. more
By Dr. Erik Steele | 11/17/09 | 970 views
A health care reading list
When I try to understand some of the health care reform issues being debated in Washington I feel like a moose probably would when trying to understand quantum physics. more
By Dr. Erik Steele | 11/3/09 | 1020 views
Snowe’s chutzpa needed to reform U.S. health care
When Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe voted in favor of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee’s health care reform bill last Tuesday she proved something I have always suspected; that woman has a lot of guts. more
By Dr. Erik Steele | 10/20/09 | 2216 views
Offering the naked truth on same-sex marriage
I’ve seen thousands of people naked. I have inspected their insides and outsides, felt their pain and sometimes their souls, and after all that, I can see we all are pretty much the same. more
By Dr. Erik Steele | 10/6/09 | 13047 views
Twenty years in Maine’s emergency departments
It’s not often I get to walk down an emergency department hallway with blood on my hands and a smile on my face. more
By Dr. Erik Steele | 9/22/09 | 1726 views
Fear worst reason not to reform health care
“Meg” was one of my favorite patients because she approached the impending delivery of her baby much like most men would; at the height of her pain and fear, with the baby about five good pushes … more
By Dr. Erik Steele | 9/8/09 | 1366 views
A father’s view of losing Holly
I view the young women I care for through the prism of parenthood, examining them first as a father and then as a physician. That perspective has made me better at both jobs and in a way, brought me … more
By Dr. Erik Steele | 8/25/09 | 1770 views
Health care reform not for weenies
The emergency room is a place where some health care reform myths come to die. more
By Dr. Erik Steele | 8/11/09 | 1839 views
New rules on prescribing narcotics for pain relief
In my good old days as a drug dealer, you came to me with enough pain and I gave you the narcs. Percocet, Vicodin, OxyContin, whatever — the deal was a private one between you (the patient) and me … more
By Dr. Erik Steele | 7/28/09 | 3059 views
Playing golf with the doctor
Described below is my most recent round of golf, proof this doctor is not spending too much time on the course. Until this, I was playing with more confidence because I just bought some Mojo brand … more
By Dr. Erik Steele | 7/14/09 | 1339 views
On health reform, eye on the prize
When it comes to health care reform, I think like my dog: In the end, only a few things really matter. For the dog, it’s food, friendship, her favorite worn tennis ball, a place to sleep and … more
By Dr. Erik Steele | 6/30/09 | 1961 views
Government, health care go together
Ahhh, springtime! Warm breezes waft the scent of cut grass, bright blossoms and cow manure past our nostrils. But wait — sniff more carefully. That’s not cow manure, that’s some of the national … more
By Dr. Erik Steele | 6/16/09 | 2164 views
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