The invisible pain of women: sexual coercion, psychological distress and somatic symptoms.

Introduction: Sexual coercion among married women is a widely concealed and a serious public health concern that may impede physical, sexual and psychological health of women.

Purpose: We aimed to investigate the associations between sexual coercion, psychological distress and somatic symptoms among married women.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out from September 2018 to March 2019 at the International Islamic University, Pakistan.

The emerging role of microRNAs in fish ovary: A mini review.

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression primarily at the post-transcriptional levels. It is now well established that miRNAs are crucial regulators of many developmental and physiological processes, including reproduction. In teleosts, expression profiling studies have shown that miRNAs are expressed in the fish ovary and their levels are regulated during follicle development and by hormones.

Self-esteem among eunuchs of Hazara Division, Pakistan.

Self-esteem among eunuchs is highly influenced by a variety of factors. The aim of the current study was to investigate the differences in self-esteem of eunuchs on the basis of education, income, age and marital status. The study was conducted at the University of Haripur, Pakistan, from December 2015 to November 2016.