You have a lot of control over it. You can choose to be active, you choose what types of foods you eat. You can also control if you smoke, or drink. You basically have around 80%-90% of control. If you do the right things I think It will lessen your chances of having the disease.
Hope this helps!
The stress is coming from the daily activity
I would give him a short shot and make him run up because chances are if he likes baseline, he might not be as good as volleying.