Dr. Heiks is a board certified Family Medicine doctor and lives in Bluffton, Ohio.
Dear Dr. Heiks: My husband has gout but doesn’t want to take anything for it. Is there anything natural he can try?
Reader from Bluffton, Ohio
Dear Reader: When I think of gout, needles come to mind. An acute gout attack is the equivalent of needles poking around in the joint, oftentimes the large toe. Understandably, this will result in a lot of pain and swelling.
Ohio Northern University commemorates Black History Month this February with a number of scheduled events. Several campus organizations will collaborate to provide diverse opportunities to celebrate African-American heritage. Here is the schedule of February’s activities:
Black History Month basketball game “Black Out” Saturday, Feb. 9, at 3 p.m. in the ONU Sports Center
The Ohio Northern men's and women's indoor track & field teams will host a canned food drive during the Joe Banks Invitiational on Saturday at the ONU Sports Center.
Collection boxes will be set up inside and outside of the fieldhouse. Suggested items include canned fruit, soups, pasta, rice, cereal and baking items.
Ohio Northern is one of 11 teams that will be participating in the meet this weekend.
Field events begin at 11 am and running events will begin at noon.
For more information on the Joe Banks Invitational, click here.
Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law presents Kevin P. Lee, professor of law at Campbell University School of Law, as part of its Dean’s Lecture Series in the Moot Court Room on Thursday, Feb. 7, at 4:20 p.m.
The title of Lee’s presentation is “The Citizen Lawyer in the Coming Era: How Technology is Changing the Practice of Law and What it Might Mean for the Future of the Lawyer’s Role in the American Democracy.”
The Ohio Northern women's basketball team moved up to a season high ranking of No. 6 in the ninth weekly D3hoops.com poll and a season best No. 7 in the USA Today Sports Division III Top 25 Coaches poll.
The Polar Bears received 475 votes in the D3hoops.com poll, which was 34 more than they received in last weeks poll.
DePauw (Ind.) stayed at the top of the poll with 623 points and 23 of the 25 first place votes, Calvin (Mich) is ranked second with 593 points and the two remaining first place votes and Hope (Mich.) is third with 548 points.
The congregation of Ada's First United Methodist Church announced on Jan. 29 that it intents to rebuild a new building on its downtown property. This is a view of the March 2012 fire that destroyed the building. (Leland Crouse photo)
