Drug Administration (http://www.fda.gov) and the National Institute of

Health (http://www.nih.gov). The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a

government agency whose job is to regulate food, drugs, medical devices

and vaccines. It also regulates Animal Feeds and Drugs, cosmetics and

things that emit radiation like cell phones, microwaves and lasers. The

NIH is not a government agency like the FDA, for it is part of the

Department of the Health and Human Services branch of the government.

While the FDA is mostly concerned with regulations of drugs and food the

NIH does research to help prevent, detect and treat diseases and

disabilities. It does research in its own laboratories and also sponsors

research in universities, medical schools, hospitals and other research

Overall I though the web sites were informative with their own

strengths and weakness. I found that the NIH web site was more organized

and easier to find desired information. It had a search feature which was

useful in finding information on the site. It also had clearly labeled

headings, making it even more easier to find needed

than scientific data. It did have good information about current drugs

page of the FDA's site it had articles devoted to recent issues that the

somewhat interesting. In the molecular biology section, I found that it

data from laboratory tests and data on tests on laboratory animals and

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