"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing", but I think a lot depends on who is using the weapon, and how.

There is a vast difference between using the internet for research and reading something on quacks-r-us.com and buying into it.

You have to use common sense (there's the rub) about where you get your information. I've googled symptoms and general questions about things in life, and you have to be alert. Sometimes the "information" comes from another message board or somebody's personal blog.

I have a relative that tries my soul. She's always telling me about reading on some website that if I drank seventeen gallons of water facing east on Thursdays or something, my MS would go away, and I'd lose 40 pounds overnight to boot.

Maybe there should be more information about HOW to find reputable websites and do true research online, as opposed to simply googling a few words and saying "eureka!"