According to current research, cell phone radiation could result in damaged DNA, reduced sperm count, memory loss, broken down brains defenses and may even increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and cancer. The risks to younger cell phone users may be extremely deadly in the long run because kids’ brains are still growing, thus highly vulnerable to cell phone radiation'

The concept behind 3D Touch is surprisingly intuitive. You press the screen to open up more options, you press a little more to open up a page. It adds layers to your navigation of the phone, making you go deeper rather than around, digging down instead of running back and forth. And each time you press, you feel a little click somewhere in the screen. In some odd part of your mind, you feel like you’re physically feeling each page, like unlocking a box with a resounding and satisfying click.

Your Phone Fix:

Addiction is a tricky topic. The line between healthy and unhealthy behaviors is often tough to pinpoint. But researchers from Baylor University and Xavier University looked at the smartphone habits of men and women in an attempt to figure out what percentage of users displayed “addictive traits.” They defined these traits as a strong or irresistible desire to spend time on your phone even if it interferes with your work or social life, or puts your health at risk (like texting while driving).

Our changing brains:

As the report explains, every part of your body from your toes to your tongue has a specific processing area in the emotional center of your brain. But these areas can change. For violinists, the area that corresponds to their fingers’ control of the instrument will be larger than in other people because they use that part of the somatosensory cortex more.

The flexibility of the human brain applies to our smartphone use, too: When our screen typing activity — and finger dexterity — increased, we began to rely more on the area of that cortex associated with the thumb.

Brain Drain:

The more time you spend online, the more your brain struggles to recall information, indicates research from Columbia University. If you know your phone or computer can find a friend’s birthdate or an actor’s name for you, your brain’s ability to remember those bits of info seems to suffer, the study authors say. That may not seem like a big deal. (You’ll almost always have the Internet handy, so who cares, right?) But when it comes to solving major dilemmas, Google can’t help with—like questions about your relationships or career path—your brain may struggle to come up with answers, the study suggests.

How many kids are actually using cell phones?

According to Davis, a lot of kids are hooked into cell phone use, with half of the world’s four billion cell phones being used by people under the age of 20. Davis isn’t the only person to point this out. Another 2010 report notes that as of 2009, more than 35% of U.S. children ages 10 to 11 had cellphones. That’s double the amount in 2005! Additionally, 20% of 6 to 11-year-olds and 5% of 6 to 7-year-olds had cellphones in 2009.

Cell phones have a long history of health concerns.