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Your journey starts with knowing where you stand. ๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ & ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐€๐Ÿ๐‚ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐ข๐›๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ:...
02/02/2026

Your journey starts with knowing where you stand.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ & ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐€๐Ÿ๐‚ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐ข๐›๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ: https://www.iowadiabetes.com/health-screener/

With our BMI & Health Screening Tool, you can quickly calculate your numbers and find out if you qualify โ€” no guesswork involved.

Hearing feedback like this from our patients means everything to us. At Iowa Diabetes, ๐ฐ๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž...
01/29/2026

Hearing feedback like this from our patients means everything to us. At Iowa Diabetes, ๐ฐ๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€”every step of the way.

๐Ÿ’™ Thank you for trusting us with your care.

Please help us congratulate ๐‰๐š๐ค๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ , ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ˆ๐จ๐ฐ๐š ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ!๐ŸŽ‰J...
01/28/2026

Please help us congratulate ๐‰๐š๐ค๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ , ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ˆ๐จ๐ฐ๐š ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ!๐ŸŽ‰

Jake brings thoughtfulness, dedication, and a great team-first attitude to his work every day, and weโ€™re grateful to have him on board. Shown here with his supervisor, ๐“๐š๐ซ๐š ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐, ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก, celebrating the moment.

Way to go, Jake โ€” weโ€™re so glad youโ€™re part of the Iowa Diabetes family! ๐Ÿ’™

๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€? ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ & ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜€!๐Ÿฅก๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: https://www.iowadiabetes.c...
01/27/2026

๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€? ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ & ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜€!๐Ÿฅก

๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: https://www.iowadiabetes.com/2020/10/30/healthy-takeout/

Do you have diabetes? Looking for others who may be walking a similar journey? Last question - would you like to have de...
01/24/2026

Do you have diabetes? Looking for others who may be walking a similar journey? Last question - would you like to have dedicated time to chat with not one, but TWO diabetes experts?

Look no further! Christine Langel, ARNP and Kourtney Marlow, RN host a diabetes support group and YOU are invited! Come make some new connections, have a little fun, share some of your own tips about living your best life with diabetes and learn from others as well. Registration is free.

Please sign up here: https://forms.gle/VhNHzhQdrSfmnVdV6

Please share with your friends, family or others you think could benefit from attending. YMCA of Greater Des Moines Evelyn K. Davis Center For Working Families Urban Dreams - Iowa

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž: https://www.iowadiabetes.com/health-screener/๐Ÿ“Œ Donโ€™t forget: ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐›๐ข...
01/22/2026

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž: https://www.iowadiabetes.com/health-screener/

๐Ÿ“Œ Donโ€™t forget: ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐€๐Ÿ๐‚ & ๐…๐ข๐›๐ซ๐จ๐’๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ. Check your eligibility and book your screening.

Today, we are celebrating ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž ๐๐จ๐ก๐ซ, ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ, ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ“๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ˆ๐จ๐ฐ๐š ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ! ...
01/21/2026

Today, we are celebrating ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž ๐๐จ๐ก๐ซ, ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ, ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ“๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ˆ๐จ๐ฐ๐š ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿป

Over the past five years, Allieโ€™s leadership, passion, and dedication have played an important role in supporting our research efforts and strengthening our team. ๐Ÿ’™

Thank you, Allie, for everything you do and for being such a valued part of Iowa Diabetes!

**ng and smoking may seem like different habits, but when youโ€™re living with , both can make managing your blood sugar...
01/19/2026

**ng and smoking may seem like different habits, but when youโ€™re living with , both can make managing your blood sugar and overall health more difficult. ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ โ€” ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ .๐Ÿšญ

๐Ÿ‘‰ Swipe through to see how and va**ng impact diabetes โ€” and why quitting ni****ne is one of the most powerful steps you can take to protect your health.

๐Ÿ“– ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ:
๐Ÿ”—https://www.iowadiabetes.com/2026/01/15/va**ng-with-diabetes-heres-what-its-really-doing-to-you/

Your healthier 2026 starts with THIS! ๐Ÿ“Œ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค: https://www.iowadiabetes.com/health-screener/๐Ÿ‘‰...
01/15/2026

Your healthier 2026 starts with THIS!
๐Ÿ“Œ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค: https://www.iowadiabetes.com/health-screener/

๐Ÿ‘‰ Check your BMI & eligibility for A1c & Fibroscan screenings now.

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ ๐ˆ๐จ๐ฐ๐š ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ!At the ๐‘€๐‘ฆ ๐ถ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘€๐‘ฆ ๐ป๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘กโ„Ž ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’, ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐š, ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ๐จ๐ฐ๐š ๐ƒ๐ข๐š...
01/14/2026

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ ๐ˆ๐จ๐ฐ๐š ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ!

At the ๐‘€๐‘ฆ ๐ถ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘€๐‘ฆ ๐ป๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘กโ„Ž ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’, ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐š, ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ๐จ๐ฐ๐š ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ, joined ๐๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ, host of ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ƒ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก, for a thoughtful conversation about what diabetes care really looks likeโ€”and why itโ€™s so much more than appointments and prescriptions.

In the episode, April shares how Iowa Diabetes goes beyond clinical care to offer real-world support through medical nutrition therapy, opportunities to participate in diabetes and obesity research, and the help of specialty navigators who listen closely and connect patients with the right resourcesโ€”often before they even realize they need them.

Itโ€™s an honest, eye-opening discussion about meeting people where they are and supporting the full picture of health.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZIfp6CZ3NU

01/12/2026

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐›๐ข๐  ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“? ๐Ÿฅ‡

Regularly checking your sugars? Cooking healthier meals more often? Slowly building your physical stamina through exercise? It could be anything!

๐“๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐Ÿ’™

Join us in congratulating ๐’๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐š ๐๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ค, ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ˆ๐จ๐ฐ๐š ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ!๐ŸŽ‰...
01/07/2026

Join us in congratulating ๐’๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐š ๐๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ค, ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ˆ๐จ๐ฐ๐š ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ!๐ŸŽ‰

Sasha plays a key role in keeping things running smoothly behind the scenes, and weโ€™re grateful for the care, consistency, and positive energy she brings to the team every day. ๐’๐ก๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ-๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ, celebrating the moment with Alissa Gardner, our Finance Manager.

Way to go, Sasha โ€” weโ€™re so happy to have you as part of the Iowa Diabetes family! ๐Ÿ’™

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Iowa Diabetes Research (IDR) was founded by Dr. Anuj Bhargava in 2007 to bring the latest diabetes research and treatments to Iowa and benefit Iowans with diabetes. IDR is committed to improving the health and lives of Iowans with diabetes through participation in clinical research. We have been involved in over 100 research studies mainly focusing on new medications and devices for both Type I and Type II diabetes.

We also have a strong focus on creating technology aimed at simplifying diabetes self-management and revolutionizing doctors visits through the Iowa Diabetes Portal we developed. Dr. Bhargava, an endocrinologist currently practicing at Iowa Diabetes and Endocrinology Center (IDEC) in Des Moines, IA, believes that technology can simplify diabetes and is hopeful that the Iowa Diabetes Portal will make that happen for the millions of people who are affected by diabetes and other chronic diseases.