Aside from the "ego" aspect that was already mentioned, western science and medicine seems to seek "the one true answer". Western medicine pretends that all bodies are identical.

In reality, this would mean that everyone has the same metabolism; the same flora, fauna, and fungi in their digestive system; the same release ratio of all hormones.

Since the populace is innundated with this "all bodies are the same" concept from the medical industry, they often don the same hat without realizing it.

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That's simply not true. All treatments are tested on a population sample, and the conclusions are about a certain confidence interval. Preciselly the posible side effects of any treatment is an aknowledgement that not all bodyes are exactly the same. It just works for the mayority of the people, so it the best course of action. But there is no guarantee.