Healthy Bytes

This week, we welcome back to the Healthy Bytes Podcast Dr. Carl Abbott with Precision Eyecare in Mexico. Dr. Abbott joins us in this unedited look at the world of eyecare. This week, we are looking at cataracts, what they are, how they form and how they are taken care of by surgery. It's an interesting look at the subject where we dive into everything cataract! 

In this week's episode of the Healthy Bytes podcast, we welcome Dr. Alexander Finck back to the microphone to talk men's health. In this edition, we get into different maladies faced by men in America today and what they can do to help minimize their impact and what to watch for in some cases.

Welcome back to the Healthy Bytes Podcast and Season 2!!! We are excited to start this second season of the show and thank you so much for your listenership during our first year!!  To start this season, we've brought Eastern District Audrain County Commissioner Leslie Meyer back to talk about a new Discount Card Program called Live Healthy from the National Association of Counties. This prog...

This week, we welcome Carl Donaldson to the Healthy Bytes podcast. Carl is the Emergency Management Director for the county of Audrain and has been in his role since August of 2021. This week, we talk about what exactly an emergency manager does (it might surprise you to learn what they do not do!) and what the role does to help out the residents of the jurisdiction they're responsible for. J...

In this episode, we explore what the COVID-19 pandemic did, and is doing, to the entertainment industry, mainly the live music world. Our host Chris Newbrough invites a favorite musician of his from the 1980s and today, Bob Walkenhorst, lead singer of The Rainmakers. The Rainmakers had success in the mid to late 80s with tunes such as Let My People Go-Go, Tornado of Love, Other Side of the World a...

In this episode of the Healthy Bytes Podcast, we sit down with a fellow podcaster by the name of Jason Medows to talk about a problem that is quickly becoming a concern in the agricultural community and, that would be the rate of farmer suicides. This problem has started to grow exponentially in recent years due to a number of factors and we sit down with the host of a podcast dedicated to discuss...

This week, we welcome Dr. Diane Jacobi to the Healthy Bytes podcast microphone. Dr. Jacobi has been a doctor in Mexico since 1997 and just recently hired on with the University of Missouri to open a family clinic here in Mexico. We talk about that transition and how it came to be on this episode of the podcast.

This week, we bring back a fan fave in Dr. Carl Abbott from Precision Eyecare. On this edition, we get some superhero style tips about how you can protect your eyes from too much swimming in chlorine to how to protect your eyes from too much sun! You'll be surprised, like we were, it's not the bright light that is the most harmful (unless you stare into the sun for a long, long time, whi...

This week, we welcome back to the microphone an old friend of the show, Missouri Department of Conservation Agent Norman Steelman. On this episode, we talk with Steelman about all things nature and how things in nature such as animals and insects can impact your health. We also get some great advice on what to do if one of those things does impact your health in a negative way. But, it's not...

This week, we bring back Eric Aldrich to the microphones as we talk about heat and the dangers it can pose to us who live in it. We discuss what dangers you can face if you don't take heat seriously, what causes the heat, why we saw it so early this year when we did and what we can expect in the future going forward. Join us as we discuss it with a revered voice of Mid-Missouri weather, Eric...

This week on the Healthy Bytes Podcast, we bring back a fan favorite as retired veterinarian Dr. Don Hudson joins us at the microphones to discuss pet health. This episode, we feature talks on pests for animals such as fleas, ticks and flies. Join us as we also discuss how heat affects your pets and how you can minimize the impacts to them. Also, what you can do with the 4th of July holiday fast a...

This week on the Healthy Bytes podcast, we visit with Audrain County Health Department Administrator and CEO Craig Brace and Nurse Navigator and Vaccine Outreach Coordinator Jennie Beamer, RN, to discuss a new tool for Audrain County residents searching for healthcare in the county. 

This week, with warmer weather on the way, a lot more activity is occurring in the City of Mexico Parks and Recreation Department. We welcome Director Chad Shoemaker back to the Healthy Bytes podcast microphone to chat about all the happenings in the Mexico parks system this summer and how city parks and programs can benefit someone's health by simply taking advantage of the space!! 

This week, we continue our spotlight on our employees here at the Audrain County Health Department. We are featuring one of our part-timers today who happens to be retiring in a few weeks and will no longer be haunting our hallways and saying hello to our host with his patented "Howdy-Doody!" He's Larry Teson and he is our part-time Environmental Public Health Specialist who works s...

In this week's edition of the Health Bytes podcast, we welcome back to the microphone two of our staff who are well-versed in all things child nutrition and breastfeeding to discuss the current baby formula shortage and the myths and truths surrounding it. We'll hear from Registered Dietitian and a IBCLC Certified Breastfeeding Lactation Consultant. Join us as we discuss this very import...

This week, we continue our employee profile feature by talking with Administrative Support/Interpretative Services Specialist Ana Garcia. Ana addresses her role here at the Audrain County Health Department (ACHD) as an interpreter for the Hispanic population in Audrain County that are seeking services at the ACHD. Ana also discusses her new group the health department is launching later this month...

In this week's edition, we talk with Audrain Ambulance District Administrator Graeme Goodwin about how the closure of Audrain Community Hospital in late March has affected the district in the terms of run times, personnel and revenue. We also talk in general terms about how an ambulance district operates and what it takes to keep it a viable entity for the residents it serves.

This week on the Healthy Bytes podcast, we're going to start introducing you to our employees a little at a time. To kick off this segment of the podcast, we've invited our Environmental Public Health Intern Brandon Kellogg to the microphone to talk about his interest in public health and what he's been learning here at the Audrain County Health Department.

This week, we invite Remedy In Motion owner Lillian Brace to the Healthy Bytes podcast to talk about a different way of looking at getting the most out of your body through movement! Brace embraces and teaches a concept called Gyrotonic Expansion System. It is a unique, holistic approach to better movement that will help you with a healthier, more supple spine, increased range of motion, greater j...

This week on the Healthy Bytes podcast, we welcome Phillip Iman to the microphone to talk about food disparity in Audrain County and what his organization, The Laura Miller George Help Center, is doing to try and combat it. We discuss how food is gotten to those that need it in Audrain County to try and better the health of residents in the county by making sure they have accessibility to food whe...

This week on the Healthy Bytes podcast, we welcome MO Rides Program Administrator Kathy Bingham to the studio to talk about her program that helps connect those Missourians needing a ride to those in Missouri offering rides to various things such as doctor's appointments, grocery shopping, and various other appointments. Bingham explains how the program works and how residents can access the...

This week on the Healthy Bytes Podcast, we welcome back to the microphone Central Missouri Community Action Community Organizer Tad Dobyns to discuss an important issue in the Audrain County community. That issue is transportation. Dobyns talks about a team he has formed to delve into this issue and see if there are solutions out there using existing transportation systems or if there are alternat...

This week, we welcome Senior Health Consultants agent Kristine Smiley to talk all things Medicare. We dive into what Medicare is, when you need it and what it will do for you. Kristine also lends us her expertise talking about how to navigate the Medicare minefield so that you get the best coverage you are eligible for at a time in life where you should be enjoying life, not fretting over it! Kris...

This week, with Missouri recognizing Severe Weather Awareness Week in the state, we thought it would be appropriate to invite former KOMU Chief Meteorologist Eric Aldrich back to the microphone to discuss how severe weather in Missouri can affect your health. We talk all modes of severe weather in this episode including: tornadoes, straight-line wind events,, hail storms, lightning and flooding. T...

Join us this week as we sit down for a chat with Mexico Area Family YMCA Executive Director Brooke Jameson. During our conversation, we chat about all things YMCA and how the Y makes an impact in the community. We learn all about how the YMCA, through their programs, can help you become a healthier resident and, we learn about programs that also reach out into the community of Audrain County and h...