Stephanie McClellan, MD, is a gynecologist in private practice and former chairman of the department of obstetrics and gynecology and cofounder of the Women’s Health Pavilion at Hoag Memorial Presbyterian Hospital in Newport Beach, California. She is the coauthor, with Beth Hamilton, MD, of So Stressed: The Ultimate Stress-Relief Plan for Women (Free Press).
We all know that chronic stress is linked to many health problems, from heart disease to cancer to autoimmune disorders…