Iatgrogenic (treatment-caused) disease is a leading cause of death, although estimates vary quite a bit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iatrogenesis#Epidemiology

Iatgrogenic (treatment-caused) disease is a leading cause of death, although estimates vary quite a bit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iatrogenesis#Epidemiology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iatrogenesis#Epidemiology Doctors are rightfully conservative. There have been eras (the '50's, for example) where this was not such a big deal, and the results were generally not good. Today's doctors are still working in the shadow of those events, with even more powerful tools. So while I do see the point you are making, it isn't really that odd that doctors are loathe to treat in the absense of a diagnosis.