This week, we welcome back to the microphone Missouri District 43 State Representative Kent Haden. He discusses three issues the Missouri legislature is currently wrangling with at the state level dealing with prior authorization, pharmacy mana...

In this special edition of the Healthy Bytes podcast, we welcome back in University of Missouri Atmospheric Sciences Professor and Meteorologist Eric Aldrich to discuss the Friday, March 14 forecasted severe weather event for Audrain County and...

This week on the Healthy Bytes Podcast, it's a subject we try to do each and every time the seasons change in Missouri and, that's talking about upcoming possible changes in the weather in Missouri. Again, we are joined this week by one of our ...

In this initial podcast to kick off Season 4 of the Healthy Bytes Podcast, we welcome back to the microphone Dr. Carl Abbott from Precision Eyecare in Mexico and Vandalia. During this episode, Abbott and host Chris Newbrough explore a multitude...

To wrap up 2024, and look ahead to 2025, we thought we'd start out with a look ahead at what's expected in the 2025 Missouri State Legislature session that is fast approaching. So, this week, we welcome 43rd District State Representative Kent H...

While there is no threat to the public, we are posting a special edition of the Healthy Bytes podcast today to alert the public of a confirmed case of Chronic Wasting Disease in a deer harvested in the first week of deer season in southern Audr...

In this episode of the Healthy Bytes Podcast, we welcome ACHD Outreach Nurse Jennie Beamer, RN, to the program. Beamer talks about the Health Risk Appraisal and the InBody programs the ACHD offers to the general public. Beamer explains what eac...

In this week's episode, we welcome Mexico Public Safety Department Chief Brice Mesko to the podcast. In this episode, we talk all things winter and holiday safety. Everything from watching how you deep fry a turkey to why you shouldn't go out o...

This week on the Healthy Bytes podcast, we welcome back a fan and host favorite, Dr. Carl Abbott from Precision Eyecare in Mexico. This episode, we talk about something known as GA, or Geographic Atrophy, in relation to the eye. It's an intrigu...

This week, we bring back University of Missouri Atmospheric Science Professor Eric Aldrich to the Healthy Bytes Podcast to talk all things Winter weather! (We touch on Fall just to mention our mutual dislike for Pumpkin Spice but we focus on Wi...

In this episode, we welcome the owner of Senior Health Consultants Kristine Smiley and a special guest who will go unidentified. The reason we are not identifying him is because he is just here to tell his story and that's it. It's a story of h...

This week, with the start of Fall on Sunday, we thought it would be time to bring back an old friend to the program. We invited Audrain County Missouri Conservation Agent Norman Steelman into the studio to talk all things hunter safety. Hunting...

Our look at issues for Farm Safety and Health Week continues today with a talk with Sarah Palmer, the Audrain County Health Department's environmental health specialist. In this episode, we talk about how lagoons have to be safe in order for a ...

Today, the second day of National Farm Safety Week, we welcome to the microphone of the Healthy Bytes podcast University of Missouri Department of OtoLaryngology Audiology Manager Morgan Hahn. She joins our host, Chris Newbrough, to discuss how...

To kick off our focus on National Farm Safety Week this week, we start off with a discussion concerning drivers sharing the road with farm implements and machinery and farmers sharing the road with regular passenger vehicles. To help us underst...

This week, we bring to the microphone a new voice to the community of Mexico in the form of the new president and CEO of the Arthur Center, Brock Lough. He was hired in July as the former president and CEO Terry Mackey retired. Lough talks all ...

This week on the Healthy Bytes Podcast, with area Audrain County schools returning to the classroom today, we thought it'd be a great idea to sit down with a couple of ladies that could address what parents and students could do to help keep si...

This week on the Healthy Bytes Podcast, we welcome back an old friend to the show to chat weather and what we can expect coming up in the next month or so. Early Fall or no?? Hmmm ... you'll have to listen to find out what University of Missour...

This week, we welcome back Dr. Carl Abbott to the microphone to discuss more issues concerning eyes and vision. This time around, we discuss various infections that could impair or harm your vision. It's an interesting look, pun intended, into ...

This week, we welcome back to the microphone Dr. Carl Abbott as we talk all things eyecare. This episode, we take a look at nearsightedness ... the causes, the fixes and what to look for in children. 

This week on the Healthy Bytes podcast, we welcome back to the microphone Missouri District 43 State Representative Kent Haden. Rep. Haden updates us on things the Missouri legislature was able to accomplish this past legislative session, which...

This week on the Healthy Bytes Podcast, we welcome Mexico Area Family YMCA and Vandalia Eastern Missouri Family YMCA Executive Director Brooke Oliver to the program to talk about an exciting new grant opportunity the YMCA is implementing now. I...

This week, on the Healthy Bytes Podcast, we welcome to the microphone the College and Career Advisor at the Mexico High School, Rebecca Moppin, as she talks about an apprenticeship program she is launching to try and cover the gap years of age ...

This week on the Healthy Bytes podcast, we welcome to the microphone Mexico Animal Hospital Dr. Treena DeVault, DVM, to discuss the recent outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1, or Bird Flu, The flu was found to have transfe...

The Mid-Missouri area is looking at a possible multi-day severe weather threat across the entire area. On this special edition of the Healthy Bytes podcast, we managed to sit down with University of Missouri Atmospheric Sciences Professor and M...