Medical Letter

Babies Made to Order?
Westwood Doctor, Jaroslav J. Marik, M.D., says his controversial sperm-sorting procedure increases parents' chance of getting a baby the gender of their choice.
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Help For Impotence Problems
Dr. Jaroslav J. Marik, M.D., established the In Vitro Fertilization program at the Tyler Clinic in 1983, which was the second such program in the western United States.
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Removal of Uterine Tumors by Band-Aid Surgery
According to Jaroslav J. Marik, M.D., medical director of the renowned Tyler Medical Clinic in West Los Angeles, a new procedure called "Band-Aid Myolysis" drastically reduces recovery time and costs for treatment of fibroid tumors.
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The High Cost of Conception
What if a couple had to pay $1200.00 whenever they tried to conceive a child?
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"Harvesting" Eggs for Donation to Infertile Women:
Donation from independent procedure results in First Pregnancy.
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Test-Tube Mother: It's Not Just a Job
Los Angeles Times, July 1987
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Breakthrough Babies
New surrogate procedure uses wife's egg to produce a baby that belongs to the couple 100 percent genetically.
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New In-Vitro Fertilization Procedure Used Successfully for First Time at Tyler Clinic in 1986
A promising new variation on the in-vitro (or "test tube") fertilization procedure has resulted in a successful pregnancy at the Tyler Medical Clinic, a leading private medical center specializing in the treatment of infertility.
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