Rebecca Torrence

A new study suggests loneliness could increase heart disease risk in patients with diabetes.The authors found loneliness is a bigger risk factor than diet, smoking, exercise, or depression.Loneliness isn’t a pleasant feeling for anyone — but for patients with diabetes, that feeling could be deadly.Researchers at Tulane found that loneliness may be a bigger risk factor for heart disease in diabetes patients than a bad diet, smoking, lack of exercise, or depression.Their study, published in the Eu…