About

A Better Cycle is a resource for women dealing with endometriosis, adenomyosis, or anyone who has chronic, unexplained pelvic pain.

Here you will find information on different types of pelvic pain, including

-symptom checklists to help you understand potential causes of your pain
-conversation guides for your doctor
-recent guideline changes on imaging and diagnosis to discuss with your health care team or insurance company
-decision guides on whether surgery is the right option for you

You will find the most recent research on what treatments actually work, including not only hormone-suppressing medication but also diet, supplements, peptides, GLP-1s, and more.

If you are dealing with chronic pelvic pain, A Better Cycle is a hub for everything you need to know and need to have access to. It’s everything I wish I had available to me on my journey. It’s information I’ve had to fight and work for. Because it shouldn’t have to be this hard just to get accurate, timely medical treatment.

<3 Alisha

The Team

Alisha Bruton is a research scientist and mathematician who studies the role of nutrition and body awareness in chronic pain conditions and in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). After receiving a master of science degree in research methods and a doctorate in natural medicine from the National University of Natural Medicine, she completed a master of science degree in biostatistics and a graduate certificate in clinical research at Oregon Health & Science University. She is currently a PhD student in epidemiology at the University of Vrije in the Netherlands, where her dissertation is on certainty and decision-making in research and medicine. She is admittedly maybe a little bit addicted to graduate school.

She manages the Science of Nutrition, Affect, & Cognition in Kids (SNACK) Lab inside the Center for Mental Health Innovation (CMHI) at Oregon Health & Science University, where she coordinates clinical trials investigating the role of nutrition in emotional and behavioral symptoms in children with ADHD. She is also a research scientist at ZRT Laboratory, and the methods director and data steward at the Comprehensive Research Evidence Synthesis Training (CREST) Center, where she lectures on advanced evidence synthesis methods and oversees students projects. She has 30 peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals, which are visible on her ORCID page.