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I wonder what percentage of medical issues we could tackle by better analyzing and categorizing the existing medical studies that are out there. And then attac

• bluGill 2y ago
  There is too much "medical students syndrome" - you learn about some symptoms and they decide you have the issue because the symptoms match even though they don't match in the right way. There are also a lot of rare things that need expensive procedures that shouldn't be done on a whim. Many medical tests increase your odds of cancer for instance - if you really need that test done to figure out your issue it is worth it, but those tests shouldn't just be done - it is often better to treat the most common causes without verifying that is really the root cause and then only if those treatments fail do the tests to see what you really have.