LED lighting technology can enhance our health, serve in rehabilitative therapy, and enable diagnosis of critical life-threatening conditions.

While LEDs are now widely recognized as emerging light sources for general illumination, it turns out that LED lighting can also enable a broad range of life-science-centric applications. A new article in a medical journal has documented that LED lighting can enhance the rehabilitation process for patients that have suffered traumatic brain injury (TBI). LED lighting can improve skin condition and perhaps even provide vital vitamin D. Moreover UV LEDs can help detect cell necrosis.

The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) has identified a number of uses for LED lighting in skin-related therapies. "LEDs are significant biologically because they can modify the function of mitochondria within cells,