One of the harmful by-products of an always-on, twenty-four hour Internet world is the sheer preponderance of conflicting information. Behind the need to know about things is the drive to find out exactly what is true and what constitutes sheer fallacy. The implications for the savvy, Web surfing 21st century healthcare consumer increase the burden of assimilating information on both of these levels.

So, with that in mind, consider what researchers are saying about the beneficial effects of caffeine on heading off dementia; as opposed to what other researchers are saying about the harmful effect on mental status in those who imbibe too much of that black nectar we call coffee.

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