The medical arena often encounters ‘taboo’ topics. These appear especially prevalent in women's health conditions, such as menstruation and menopause. Taboos are exacerbated by uncertainty, complex jargon, patients' misunderstanding of the human anatomy — impacting ability to actively participate a shared decision-making process with their doctor. In this commentary, we look at one example proc...

BACKGROUND One of the main obstacles for the mainstreaming of religious traditions as tools for the conservation of nature is the limited applicability of research results in this field. We documented two different restrictions implemented by local people (taboos and sacrifices) related to the use of ritual plants in Benin (West Africa) and Gabon (Central Africa). METHODS To see whether these...

Entrepreneurial migration from/in emerging economies, as grand societal and humanitarian challenges that we currently face, underscores the need for scholarly research. In our role social science researchers, this special issue aimed to stimulate scholars from different fields rethink more broadly about opportunities making an impact with research focus on entrepreneurial economies. This articl...

Human society and its religions and cultures have laid out numerous guidelines, often involving dietary restrictions (Deut. 14:4-5; Lev. 11:2-7). One such set of restrictions still observed by many Jews today relates to the distinction between pure and impure, edible and forbidden mammals (Talmud Bavli, Avoda Zara 35b). The ancient Jewish dietary laws (kashrut) have often perplexed both gentile...

Supplementary data tml http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/suppl/2010/07/26/rspb.2010.1191.DC1.h "Data Supplement" References ml#ref-list-1 http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2010/07/26/rspb.2010.1191.full.ht This article cites 41 articles, 6 of which can be accessed free P<P Published online 28 July 2010 in advance of the print journal. Subject collections (1878 ar...