Lisa Carberg

1 week ago | wtnh.com | Lisa Carberg

NEW LONDON, Conn. (WTNH) — Undergoing spinal surgery can be intimidating enough, but imagine going through it pregnant and wide awake. That was the case for 37-year-old Sarah Howe. While pregnant with her second son, she somehow got a herniated disk at the bottom of her spine, causing excruciating pain. “I could barely move,” Howe said. “I couldn’t sit in the car, I couldn’t drive.

2 weeks ago | wtnh.com | Lisa Carberg

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — A Connecticut woman had no idea she had a rare brain condition since birth until she passed out and was flown to Hartford Hospital, where she would end up needing four surgeries. “My mom had said that I came to her with a regular headache and she said within a matter of five minutes, I had passed out,” 26-year-old Michaela Williams of Meriden said.  That jumpstarted her emergency medical ordeal. Dr. Eric Sussman, a Hartford Hospital neurosurgeon helped save her life.

4 weeks ago | wtnh.com | Lisa Carberg

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — A potential breakthrough in treating Lyme disease as a possible vaccine is on the horizon. As we spend more time outdoors this summer, it’s time to start thinking about protecting yourself from the elements. That includes sunscreen for your skin and bug repellant and good checks for ticks. The deer tick transmits Lyme disease, babesiosis, anaplasmosis, which are the three main ones. Dr. Eugene Shapiro is a professor at Yale School of Medicine and studies tick diseases.

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Lisa Carberg

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — A potential breakthrough in treating Lyme disease with a possible vaccine is on the horizon. The disease and others are spread by tick bites. “The deer tick transmits Lyme disease, babesoisis, anaplasmosis are the three main ones,” Dr. Eugene Shapiro, professor at Yale School of Medicine, said. He says cases of Lyme disease have nearly doubled in the last 20 years. Now, new promise in a preventative vaccine that works after a tick bites.

1 month ago | wtnh.com | Lisa Carberg

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — The rate of cesarean sections in Connecticut are on the rise, jumping nearly 60% since the late 1990’s. The rise is happening is despite significant concerns from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine that the procedure is overused. Preexisting medical conditions, babies in the wrong position and of course emergencies all contribute to cesarean rates.