Healthy Bytes

Join us this week as we talk eyecare with Dr. Carl Abbott from Precision Eyecare in Mexico. During this wide-ranging discussion, we delve into several different topics such as when is the best time to start eye screenings for your child? When is the best time to start them for yourself? When should you start looking for vision changes as you age? And, what does the future of eye care advances look...

Join us this week as we welcome Dr. Chris Kollath, DDS, to the Healthy Bytes program! Dr. Kollath moved to Mexico earlier this year and is in the process of taking over retiring dentist Dr. Mike Briggs' practice, Brick City Dental. Dr. Kollath and host Chris Newbrough talk oral health and a process called "varnishing", which has shown to be effective in fighting cavities and being g...

This week, we welcome Audrain Community Hospital CEO Amy O'Brien to the Healthy Bytes Podcast. We talk about Noble Health's first year in Mexico as owners of the local hospital, Audrain Community Health,  and what went worked and challenges faced by hospital administrators in the past year. We also talk about things that were a challenge for the hospital and what's coming in the fut...

This week on the Healthy Bytes podcast, we get the perspective of the COVID-19 pandemic from a local fast food restaurant manager. Chris Williams has been the manager of the Mexico McDonald's since the early 2000s and has seen a lot of different situations affect the fast-food market in the Mexico area. But, he'll be the first to tell you he hadn't seen anything like the COVID-19 pa...

This week, we invite in the Audrain County Health Department's Medical Director and Family Physician at the Noble Health Walk-In Clinic in Mexico Dr. Simon McKeown and we discuss COVID-19, the Omicron variant and, we also talk flu in Audrain County.

This week, we invite someone that's very familiar with microphones and recording stuff into the studio with us. That is 1340 KXEO and Country 96 KWWR News and Sports Director Matthew Pilger. On this episode, he joins host Chris Newbrough to discuss how he and his news organization heard about COVID-19, how they began reporting it and how the reaction to the reporting has been since 2019. 

This week, we talk with City of Mexico City Manager Bruce Slagle about the city's response to the COVID pandemic and how the city fared, what was done to make sure Mexico residents stayed as safe as possible and how the business of city government kept functioning amidst a pandemic. 

This week, please join us here at the Audrain County Health Department Healthy Bytes podcast as we wrap up 2021 with a look back and a look forward with our Administrator/CEO Craig Brace. Craig joins us to talk about all we've accomplished as a health department in 2021 and the new and exciting programs and changes coming in 2022! 

This week, we welcome Arthur Center Licensed Psychologist Cara Johnson to the program. We are discussing SAD, or Seasonal Affective Disorder and how you can know what to look for and how to combat it if you are diagnosed with it. Cara brings over 30 years of clinical psychology to the program to address this topic and we thank her for taking the time to join us in studio to discuss an important an...

In this week's episode of the Healthy Bytes podcast, we welcome newly appointed Audrain County Eastern District Commissioner Leslie Meyer to the guest microphone. Leslie talks about what it's been like since being appointed in late November to the post and some ideas she has for helping communities and residents in Audrain County make a positive impact on lives in the county, state and w...

Join us this week on the Healthy Bytes Podcast as we welcome former KOMU-TV 8 Chief Meteorologist Eric Aldrich. Eric joins your host Chris Newbrough to discuss weather, especially winter weather, and the possible problems weather can have on a person's health.

Join us this week as we talk with Certified Athletic Trainer Stefanie West from Peak Sport and Spine. We "tackle" the issue of sports injuries and what parents, and even the athletes themselves, need to watch out for when an injury seems to occur. It's all on this episode of the Audrain County Health Department's Healthy Bytes podcast with Chris Newbrough, available now!

Join us this week on the Healthy Bytes podcast as we welcome Arthur Center Advanced Practice Nurse and Certified Diabetes Educator Cheryl Lummis. During this episode, we talk all things diabetes and what you can do to try and prevent or minimize its impact on you and your family. 

Join us this week as we welcome Tad Dobyns, Community Organizer extraordinaire for Central Missouri Community Action. Dobyns will talk about programs his organization offers such as Head Start, Parenting Classes, Resource help and Finance Coaching that could affect a person's health in Audrain County. Join us as we talk about these and other programs Tad is involved in in Audrain County this...

This week, we welcome Dr. Peggy Barjenbruch to the guest microphone on Healthy Bytes to talk Senior Health and ways to combat several different maladies that may affect senior citizens. We hear how activity is the biggest thing a person can do to combat various things that can affect a senior person's health. 

This week on the Healthy Bytes podcast, we are joined by City of Mexico Public Safety Chief Susan Rockett to talk all things holiday and winter safety. Chief Rockett gives us practical advice on what steps residents can take to make sure their upcoming holiday season and winter season are the safest they can be while still being fun!

This week, join us here on the Healthy Bytes podcast as we welcome the Director of the Office of Dental Health at the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Dr. Guy Deyton. Dr. Deyton and host Chris Newbrough talk about how important dental health is not only for a pretty smile, but several important health factors as well. 

This week, we welcome Audrain County Department of Conservation Agent Norman Steelman to the Healthy Bytes podcast. With a major hunting season in deer season just around the corner here in the state of Missouri and Audrain County, we thought we'd discuss some safety issues hunters, residents and drivers might need to know as they traverse through our woods, drive through our towns and drive...

Join us this week as we talk with Audrain County Health Department Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Melody Kleinsorge. Melody joins host Chris Newbrough and they discuss the benefits and health advantages to breastfeeding your baby beginning right after birth!  

This week, we are joined on the Healthy Bytes podcast to talk about farm safety with University of Missouri Field Specialist in Agricultural Engineering  and University of Missouri Extension Specialist Kent Shannon. Shannon brings years of experience in farming techniques and teaching about farm safety to the microphone to talk about this very important subject.

Join us this week on the Healthy Bytes podcast as we welcome to the microphone Noble Health and Audrain Community Hospital Family Nurse Practitioner Tonya Linthicum. In this episode, Tonya and host Chris Newbrough sit down to discuss skin cancer and preventative measures you can take to protect you and your family from exposures that may lead to the development of skin cancers.

Join us this week as we talk with Audrain County Health Department Environmental Public Health Specialist Larry Teson about all things inspection in the county of Audrain. We'll dive into his job as one of our EPH Specialist and the inspections they do regarding the county's restaurants, lodging facilities, daycares or septic/lagoon systems. With this being SepticSmart Week in America, w...

Join us this week as we welcome Audrain County Emergency Management Agency Director Nick Tietsort. Nick discusses, with our host Chris Newbrough, a wide range of topics relating to emergency management of disasters and public health and how his agency tries helping area residents learn about various hazards within Audrain County. Thanks for joining us this week, Nick! We appreciate it!

Join us this week as we welcome a new medical practice with a new twist in regards to payment for the services rendered in Mexico and Audrain County. We sit down with the two doctors that will be running the practice, Dr. Alex Finck, a Mexico native and, Dr. Zack Treat, a Festus, MO native and discuss the Direct Primary Care model and how it will fit into the rural aspects of healthcare. 3RT2yZ4jy...

Join us this week as host Chris Newbrough sits down with one of his old-time interview subjects, Dr. Don Hudson, a retired veterinarian in the Mexico and Audrain County community. You'll hear some interesting conversations about pet and animal safety in Audrain County and, you'll hear why Dr. Hudson can't understand how the large animal parasite medicine Ivermectin should never be u...