Healthy Bytes

This week on the Healthy Bytes podcast, we welcome Missouri Department of Conservation Agent for Audrain County Norman Steelman back to the microphone! Norman stops by to talk all things deer hunting and how to keep yourself, and others, safe during the hunt! Norman also talks about a special harvest program hunters can participate in called Share The Harvest, a program that gets donated deer meat...

This week, we welcome back to the microphone Dr. Carl Abbott from Precision Eyecare in Mexico. This time, Dr. Abbott and our host, Chris Newbrough, talk all things Macular Degeneration of the eye. It's an interesting talk about how this disease affects a person's vision throughout their life. 

To wrap up our special week of podcasts during National Farm Safety and Health Week looking at various topics affecting farmers, we are joined at the microphone by Arthur Center CEO Terry Mackey. In this edition, we are discussing farmers and mental health. We discuss signs they themselves can look for and their family members can look for in regards to when help might be warranted to help a farme...

In this episode of our special week-long series on farming and agriculture during National Farm Safety and Health Week, we welcome Little Dixie Fire Protection District Station One Captain Josh Biggers to the program to discuss Confined Spaces safety and rescue. In the episode, we get into what makes a grain bin or any confined space dangerous and what farmers can do to ensure their safety if they...

Today, we welcome University of Missouri Atmospheric Science Professor Eric Aldrich back to the podcast to talk about how weather affects crops and, believe it or not, how crops can affect weather (ever hear of Evapotranspiration?? Yeah, us either!)! This podcast is part of our week-long series highlighting different aspects of National Farm Safety and Health Week and, we can't thank Eric eno...

Today, during our special week of podcasts looking at farmer health and safety during National Farm Safety & Health Week we are concentrating on the overall general health of farmers. We welcome to the microphone Mexico doctor and Audrain County Health Department Medical Director Alex Finck; MD to discuss this important topic. During the discussion, we talk about what farmers need to look out...

Welcome to our Healthy Bytes Podcast series highlighting National Farmer Safety and Health Week 2023. During this week, we will feature a podcast per day that focuses on some aspect of farmer health and safety. To kick off this week, we welcome Missouri Highway Patrol Troop F Public Information Officer Kyle Green to the studio. In this episode, we talk all things Rural Roadway and Farm Equipment M...

This week, we welcome back to the microphone Brick City Dental Owner and Operator Dr. Chris Kollath, DDS. Dr. Kollath and our host sit down to discuss a couple of topics dealing with dental hygiene and those are the importance of dental health in children returning to school and the art of dental implants in today's dentistry world. Join us as both topics end up being quite engaging to learn...

This week, we welcome back Dr. Carl Abbott from Precision Eyecare in Mexico. With school startups just around the corner, we thought we'd pull Dr. Abbott into the studio (all we had to say was "Microphone!") to talk about when it's time to and why you should get your child's vision checked at this important time in their lives. Dr. Abbott is full of great information prese...

This week, we welcome back to the microphone Mexico Parks and Recreation Director Chad Shoemaker to talk all things Mexico parks! Chad joins us to update us on the goings on in the park system in Mexico and to also talk about why he believes parks are integral to the health of a community besides just being outdoor space that makes a city look pretty!

The Audrain County 4H Youth Fair is fast approaching. This year's fair will take place at the 4H Fairgrounds south of Mexico along Route D. This week, we welcome in 4H Board President Matt VanSchyndel to talk all things Fair 2023. For you racing enthusiasts, they've got something special coming to the Fairgrounds this year on Saturday, July 22nd that you may just want to attend! Plus, al...

This week, we welcome back Dr. Carl Abbott, an optometrist with Precision Eyecare in Mexico and Vandalia. Dr. Abbott appears this month and discusses Thyroid Eye Disease, or TED, with our host Chris Newbrough. The two also delve into sunglass eye protection during the summer months and fireworks safety and eyes. 

The Healthy Bytes Podcast welcomes back to the microphone an old friend of the show's and our host's, Chris Newbrough. It's retired Mexico veterinarian Don Hudson! "Doc", as he is known throughout Audrain County, is back behind the microphone this week to discuss all things heat in large and small animals. You're going to hear diseases and illnesses addressed by Doc t...

This week, we welcome State Emergency Management Agency Medical Countermeasures and Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Program Manager Sebastian Gely to the microphone. Sebastian tells us all about what the SNS program is and how it is designed to respond in times of emergency or disaster in the state.  

This week, on the Healthy Bytes podcast, we welcome back to the microphone, one of our favorite people to talk to, Dr. Carl Abbott with Precision Eyecare in Mexico. Dr. Abbott joins us this time to discuss your vision, diabetes and hypertension. Join us as we learn more about how two of the most prevalent diseases can affect your eyesight, sometimes without you even knowing it! 

April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month in the United States. To help bring awareness to this very important issue, we invited the executive director of the Audrain County Crisis Intervention Services, or ACCIS, Peggy Payne, to our podcast microphone to kick off the month of April. In this wide-ranging interview, Payne lays out what sexual assault is (it's not just what you'd co...

This week, we welcome back to the microphone our resident official meteorologist and Atmospheric Science Professor at the University of Missouri, Eric Aldrich! Eric and Chris highlight the advent of Severe Weather Season in mid-Missouri by discussing what makes up severe weather and other hazards in mid-Missouri! 

This week, on the Healthy Bytes podcast, we welcome back Dr. Carl Abbott from Precision Eyecare in Mexico. Did you know there is such a thing as physical therapy for the eyes? Yeah, we didn't either! Dr. Abbott explains in this episode!

This week on the Healthy Bytes podcast, we once again invite Central Missouri Community Action Community Organizer Tad Dobyns to the microphone. Tad fills us in on several important programs that affect Audrain County residents' health such as the Low Income Heating and Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP.

In this episode, we invite Brick City Doctor of Dentistry Chris Kollath to talk all things dental! In this episode, we tackle how advantageous varnishing of teeth can be and also, recent advancements in technology that help make your visit to the dentist an easier thing to, ahem, swallow! Join us on this important discussion on this week's episode of the Healthy Bytes Podcast!

This week, we welcome our medical director here at the Audrain County Health Department, and owner of Cornerstone Family Medicine in Mexico, Dr. Alexander Finck to the studio. In this episode, we talk about the Top 10 Healthy Tips for 2023. 

In this edition of the Healthy Bytes podcast, we talk with Dr. Simon McKeown of the University of Missouri Healthcare Urgent Care in Mexico. Dr. McKeown talks about all that the new place has to offer patients in Audrain County and surrounding counties. 

This week on the Healthy Bytes podcast, we welcome Miss Missouri's Outstanding Teen Mallory Sublette to the microphone! Mallory stopped by for a visit with the ACHD staff and took time out of her busy schedule to sit down with us and talk about her Wellness 360 platform. Mallory also hosts the Mindfulness Mondays, Wellness Wednesdays and Feel Good Fridays series we host on our social media ch...

This week, we bring back former KOMU Meteorologist and now University of Missouri Atmospheric Sciences Professor Eric Aldrich to talk all things Winter. In this episode, we touch on where winter storms come from; La Nina and El Nino seasons, the effect wind and cold have on the human body and several other topics. Join us for this look at mid-Missouri weather! 

This week on the podcast, we invited an old friend back to the microphone. Dr. Don Hudson is a retired veterinarian from Mexico and we brought him back to talk about issues going on in the animal world, both large and small. We discuss various ailments going on in the large animal field involving cattle and how to protect your little ones from winter weather and from the harm that various holiday...