From diagnosis to dumbbells: How weightlifting is helping cancer patients

Shellie Yeung, 71, of Upper St. Clair, lifts weights as Garrett Rader, 20, an intern from Slippery Rock University, observes during a weightlifting session at AHN Suburban in Bellevue on July 11.

Breast cancer couldn’t stop Dianne Miller from becoming the strongest she has ever been. In fact, the devastating disease is what drove her to pump some iron.

After a lumpectomy for Stage 1 cancer in 2023, the 68-year-old from Ligo­nier didn’t require chemotherapy but opted into a weightlifting study offered through Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute…

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