Charts and infographics from our stories
Every chart we have drawn from a study, grouped by topic. Each one links straight to the chart inside its story, with the study and its evidence grade.
47 charts in 47 stories
Brain
- A short-acting nasal psychedelic eased hard-to-treat depression in a phase 2b trial
- Even after correcting for donor bias, most former NFL players likely had CTE
- A head injury rule caught nearly all patients who would get worse, sparing some others
- Older adults with dementia who had yearly wellness visits got dementia drugs more often
Skin
Sleep
Pets
Lifestyle
Metabolism
Immunity
- Most typhoid cases in the US resisted a common antibiotic, and most came from travel
- An mRNA RSV vaccine was linked to fewer RSV hospital stays in veterans 50 and older
- A daily pill that blocks the IL-23 pathway helped people with ulcerative colitis
- Nearly 30% of adults admitted exaggerating or inventing symptoms to get antibiotics
- A daily handful of almonds raised flu vaccine antibodies, but not protection rates
Hormones
- Unexplained infertility: one IVF cycle led to more births in 7 months than four IUI cycles
- Unexplained infertility: one IVF cycle led to more births in 7 months than four IUI cycles
- Diabetes risk was higher after surgical menopause, especially before 45
- Diabetes risk was higher after surgical menopause, especially before 45
Heart
- A wearable diuretic pump let heart failure patients go home days earlier
- New heart-stent centers saved lives where none existed, but not where they already did
- Cold days, not hot ones, were linked to more heart failure hospital stays in older adults
- In AFib with advanced kidney disease, apixaban balanced stroke and bleeding better
Aging
- A strong sweet tooth in the diet was linked to dementia risk and older-looking biology
- Aging in three African countries: 36% of adults over 40 had two or more chronic diseases
- Hearing loss nearly doubled in six years in middle age, faster with smoking and noise
- For healthy aging, exercise plus an active social life added years free of memory problems
Muscle & Bone
Kidney
Cancer
- A shorter pill schedule for advanced colon cancer worked as well, with fewer side effects
- Immunotherapy alone beat chemo as first treatment for one type of advanced uterine cancer
- Obesity in young adults was linked to more early cancer in a study of 6 million Koreans
- A blood test for tumor DNA helped predict who stays cancer-free after lung surgery
- A stimulant eased fatigue in people with blood cancers in a placebo-controlled trial
- A next-generation KRAS pill beat older ones and helped people with lung cancer live longer
- Lymphoma of the skin: newer targeted and immune drugs worked in 34% to 69% of patients
- People who have been in prison had worse cancer survival, a study in two US states finds