State doubts Los Gatos doctor can cure ebola with hissing MP3 files

Dr. Bill Gray, a homeopathic doctor from Los Gatos, is facing state Medical Board scutiny over his online business of selling sound wave cures for numerous diseases. Dr. Bill Gray, a homeopathic doctor from Los Gatos, is facing state Medical Board scutiny over his online business of selling sound wave cures for numerous diseases. Photo: Yelp Photo: Yelp Image 1 of / 34 Caption Close State doubts Los Gatos doctor can cure ebola with hissing MP3 files 1 / 34 Back to Gallery

A Los Gatos doctor who sells hissing sounds online to treat all kinds of diseases is in danger of having his medical license revoked.

The California Medical Board is seeking a hearing against Stanford-educated Dr. Bill Gray, who offers his sound wave "eRemedies" at $5 per cure on his website MD In Your Hand. According to the site, a 15-second sound file is selected from 263 eRemedies based on clients' responses to "very detailed" medical questions.

The healing process allegedly begins as soon as the patients listen to them on their cellphones or computers. Gray claims his audio elixirs can cure flu, diarrhea, typhoid, malaria, menstrual pain and even pet bladder infections.

The physician even claims to have cured three cases of ebola in 2014 "simply by playing the appropriate eRemedy several times in an hour."

His site describes his sound wave treatments as homeopathic even though homeopathy involves using minute amounts of natural substances in highly diluted solutions to treat illnesses. Gray supposedly harvests the energy of the homeopathic potions by converting it to sound waves via a coil connected to an amplifier and digitizer. The sound waves are then stored on devices as .wav files or MP3 files.

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Even if it were possible to extract such healing energy and digitize it — and there is no science to support that it is, according to the state Medical Board — homeopathic remedies have long been greeted with skepticism. A 2010 House of Commons Science and Technology Committee report on homeopathy found that the remedies perform no better than placebos and the principles on which they are based on are "scientifically implausible."

Providing questionable remedies to people suffering from diseases such as malaria, typhoid or ebola could keep them from seeking urgent medical attention that could potentially save their lives.

Earlier this month, the Medical Board and the state attorney general filed an accusation of "gross negligence and repeated negligent acts," stating Gray's method has no scientific basis and faulted the physician for not performing actual exams.

Robert Stewart, founder of the New York School of Homeopathy, distanced the school from Gray's techniques.

"It is clear to me that what he is doing has nothing to do with homeopathy," he told the Los Angeles Times. "He's on his own in this."

On Yelp, Gray's practice was both praised and scorned with the negative reviews receiving the most votes. Most reviews received either one or five stars.

There were testimonials like this one: "My health, both mentally and physically, has significantly improved since seeing Dr. Gray."

But also detractors: "I spent a lot of Money with Dr. Gray (2K+) - first couple meetings was ok - and after that his Admin keeps pushing back - none of the medications worked."