FIGURE I

air Heart Professional offers cardiology headlines, abstracts, and selected articles.

All three mobile channels can be found at http://www2.kumc.edu/wichita/heartdoc/.

HealthNewsDigest.com
HealthNewsDigest.com at http://www.healthnewsdigest.com provides current and breaking news on the health industry for professionals and consumers. The organization behind the site is made up of television producers, journalists, senior health executives, marketing executives, and leading medical experts. Approximately twenty professional reporters and editors across the nation provide current and breaking news. It's published once a week on Monday mornings, and breaking news is updated on a daily basis. It's pictured in Figure J.

FIGURE J

HealthNewsDigest.com provides current and breaking news on the health industry.

AcneWorld.com
AcneWorld.com at http://www.acneworld.com is your source for the latest acne news and information. Teenagers and adults alike suffer from acne. With the AcneWorld.com mobile channel, you can get helpful tips and information on treating acne whenever and wherever you need it. It's pictured in Figure K.

FIGURE K

Get the latest acne news and information from AcneWorld.com.

Asimba
Asimba, at http://www.asimba.com, is an online resource for sports and fitness enthusiasts. Asimba offers personalized training and weight loss programs, race event recommendations, and daily articles and tips. It's pictured in Figure L.

FIGURE L

Asimba is an online resource for sports and fitness enthusiasts.

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Finally, LWW (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins), a global publisher of medical, nursing and allied health information resources at http://www.lww.com, has recently announced that it will be teaming with AvantGo, Inc. to provide LWW's professional health content via a mobile channel. LWW plans to publish more than 25 titles in 2001 for handheld platforms, so keep your eye out for developments there.

Conclusion
Whether or not you go wireless, there's a vast amount of health-related information and resources available for you to take wherever you go using your Palm device. Let this survey be a jumping off point as you discover the possibilities mobile computing can offer in the health field.

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Contributing Editor Chris Phillips is a Senior Project Manager for UMB Bank and a member of the Kansas City Palm Users Group (at http://www.interpug.com/kcpug). Comments can be sent to chrisof4@hotmail.com.