The results of a 25-year study show alarming racial difference between children with diabetes -- in fact, twice as many black children with diabetes died than white children throughout the last two and a half decades. And with diabetes on the rise, particularly type 2, researchers are hoping that the gap doesn't increase.

It's thought that these differences are a result of access to healthcare and health information; More specifically, black communities tend to have more limited healthcare and educational resources. And resources are the key -- without treatment, diabetes can lead to blindness, kidney failure and death.